The ability to control selfish impulses in order to reject an unfair deal depends on a specific right brain area, a new study finds.
A team led by Daria Knoch of the University of Zurich focused on a game in which one person makes an offer to another person on how to split a pot of money. The second person can either accept the offer and pocket the offered portion, or refuse it, leaving both players with nothing.
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