@article{ref1,
title="Effortless retaliation: the neural dynamics of interpersonal intentions in a chicken game using brain-computer interface",
journal="Social cognitive and affective neuroscience",
year="2021",
author="Wang, Yiwen and Lin, Yuxiao and Fu, Chao and Huang, Zhihua and Yu, Rongjun and Xiao, Shaobei",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The desire for retaliation is a common response across a majority of human societies. However, the neural mechanisms underlying aggression and retaliation remain unclear. Previous studies on social intentions are confounded by low-level response related brain activity. Using an EEG-based brain-computer interface (BCI) combined with the Chicken Game, our study examined the neural dynamics of aggression and retaliation after controlling for nonessential response related neural signals. Our results show that aggression is associated with reduced alpha event-related desynchronization (ERD), indicating reduced mental effort. Moreover, retaliation and tit-for-tat strategy use are also linked with smaller alpha-ERD. Our study provides a novel method to minimize motor confounds and demonstrates that choosing aggression and retaliation is less effortful in social conflicts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1749-5016",
doi="10.1093/scan/nsab064",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsab064"
}