This Week in The Journal
Considering Our Impact on Others May Be Reward Based
Alexander Soutschek, Christopher Burke, Pyungwon Kang, Nuri Wieland, Nick Netzer, and Philippe Tobler
(see article e2376232024)
When we make decisions that impact others, we consider the options available and select ones that will provide optimal benefit to them. This happens on a broad scale, from getting a gift for a friend to deciding which politician to elect for the betterment of society. In this issue, Soutschek et al. investigated how our brains compare conflicting options for the mutual benefit of all. After fasting for 4 h, human participants completed tasks in which they rated how …
