Open AccessTwo Eyes for an Eye: The Neuroscience of Force Escalation
Author(s) -
Sukhwinder S. Shergill,
Paul M. Bays,
Chris Frith,
Daniel M. Wolpert
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.1085327
Subject(s) - percept , psychology , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , natural (archaeology) , history , perception , archaeology
Physical conflicts tend to escalate. For example, as tit-for-tat exchanges between two children escalate, both will often assert that the other hit him or her harder. Here we show that, in such situations, both sides are reporting their true percept and that the escalation is a natural by-product of
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