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Happy to help: Neural mechanisms of vicarious gaining in adolescence

The thesis was published by Spaans, Jochem, in September 2022, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Abstract:

This dissertation is about ‘vicarious reward experiences’, the experience of feeling good when you help someone else. I have studied to what extent these experiences occur in adolescents when they earn money for a charity, and look at the brain processes that are involved.



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