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.
The full thesis can be downloaded at :
https://pure.eur.nl/ws/files/55045343/manuscriptwithoutch4_6294836b9075b.pdf
https://pure.eur.nl/ws/files/55045343/manuscriptwithoutch4_6294836b9075b.pdf