RT Journal Article
T1 Response Time and Heart Rate in a Moral Dilemma
A1 Oyediran, Olusegun
A1 Rivas Rodríguez, María Fernanda
AB Is altruism the intuitive behavior in a moral dilemma? Or is selfishness the spontaneous behavior? To answer this question, a dictator game was played in which measures of response time and heart rates were taken with treatments that slightly differ only in the cost associated with the choice of a selfish responding. We find that neither altruism nor egoism is an intuitive process for everyone; rather, altruism is intuitive for altruistic subjects while egoism is intuitive for selfish subjects so that when these subjects are confronted with the choice of the opposite, less probable options, they become more reflective by taking longer time to respond. Lastly, during the decision period, a subject that is altruistic has a higher probability of experiencing an increase in the mean heart rate than a subject that is selfish.
PB American Psychological Association
SN 1937-321X
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94288
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94288
LA eng
NO Oyediran, Olusegun A., y M. Fernanda Rivas. «Response Time and Heart Rate in a Moral Dilemma.» Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics 10, n.o 1 (2017): 42-58. https://doi.org/10.1037/npe0000071.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025