Effect of sharing experiences at the lab on the perception of injustice and the response of altruistic punishment (ultimatum game)

• Grant number: 16/19166-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2016
• End date: September 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Physiological Psychology
• Agreement: Natura
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Sérgio Boggio
• Grantee: Rafael Moreno de Azevedo Bohne
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM). Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/50282-5 - Positive psychology and neuroscience: translational research to promote well-being and emotional regulation, AP.PCPE

Abstract

With recent studies of Positive Psychology, it became evident need and urgency to understand not only the mechanisms of disease, but also those linked to the well -being and human flourishing. The area has grown rapidly over the past decade, but many are still topics neglected. Gratitude is one of them. Considered by classic authors as the mother of all virtues, gratitude appears to play a crucial role in welfare, strengthening linkages and pro- social actions. However, most of the few works in the area address this issue in a correlational way. In addition, few studies have investigated their neurobiological basis. Thus, this project aims to investigate the effect of gratitude on the perception of injustice with the use of social decision games and electroencephalography. (AU)