In the experimental economics task known as the Ultimatum Game, one participant must choose how to split a sum of money with another player. The second player can choose to accept the offer-or to reject it, upon which neither player receives anything. Consideration of unfair offers is associated with activity in the , an area that has been associated with disgust.
A) superior temporal sulcus
B) orbitofrontal cortex
C) cingulate cortex
D) insula

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The insula is associated with the processing of emotions such as disgust, and it is activated when individuals consider unfair offers in the Ultimatum Game.

In the Experimental Economics Task Known as the Ultimatum Game