APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

The Role of Cognitive Control in Prosociality: A Large-Scale Assessment of the Neural Correlates of Social Value Orientation

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Social

Session: Poster Session IV

Authors

Abstract

Despite a sample size of 196 participants, we find no relationship between other-regarding preferences and cognitive control. This suggests that the debated helping or hindering role of cognitive control in prosociality may not be as central to prosociality as previously thought.

Social Cognition