In the Experimental Economics Task Known as the Ultimatum Game

question 50

Multiple Choice

In the experimental economics task known as the Ultimatum Game, one participant must choose how to split a sum of money with another player. The second player can choose to accept the offer-or to reject it, upon which neither player receives anything. Consideration of unfair offers is associated with activity in the , an area that has been associated with disgust.

• A) superior temporal sulcus
• B) orbitofrontal cortex
• C) cingulate cortex
• D) insula

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