Gender differences in justice evaluations: Evidence from fMRI

The Journal of Applied Psychology
James H DulebohnIssidoros C Sarinopoulos

Abstract

Justice research examining gender differences has yielded contrasting findings. This study enlists advanced techniques in cognitive neuroscience (fMRI) to examine gender differences in brain activation patterns in response to procedural and distributive justice manipulations. We integrate social role, information processing, justice, and neuroscience literature to posit and test for gender differences in 2 neural subsystems known to be involved in the appraisal of self-relevant events. Results indicate that the relationship between justice information processing and neural activity in areas representing these subsystems is significantly influenced by gender, with greater activation for females than males during consideration of both procedural and distributive justice information. In addition, we find evidence that gender and distributive injustice interact to influence bargaining behavior, with females rejecting ultimatum game offers more frequently than males. Results also demonstrate activation in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and ventral striatum brain regions during procedural justice evaluation is associated with offer rejection in females, but not in males. Managerial implications based on the study's suppor...Continue Reading

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Apr 4, 2019·Frontiers in Psychology·Ricardo de Oliveira-SouzaJordan Grafman
Oct 17, 2019·Frontiers in Neuroscience·Nic FlinkenflogelLydia Krabbendam
Dec 6, 2017·Behavioral Sciences & the Law·Logan J Somers, Kristy Holtfreter

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