Neurophysiologists of the Higher School of Economics (HSE) found that, with magnetic stimulation of the brain, a person is done more generous. The results were published in the journal Scientific Reports, briefly talk about them in a press release on the Soluki website.rf.
In the course of the study, experts applied the transcranial magnetic stimulation of certain areas of prefortional bark in 46 volunteers. This non-invasive method is to generate short magnetic pulses, which penetrate through the skull and suppress neural activity.
Testes played in the Economic Games “Dictator” and “Generosity.” In the first game, one of the participants distributes money between players, while others evaluate how true such separation is. In the second game, the participant who distributes money leaves a fixed amount.
It turned out that when the activity of the dorsolteral prefrontal bark, the participants in the “dictator” became more generous, whereas the subjects did not change their behavior in “generosity”. This indicates that the dorsolateral bark participates in decision-making only when conflict with selfish and altruistic (prosoous) motifs. This explains why the results of previous studies of egoistic and prospective solutions were contradictory.