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, meaning 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 has been associated with the processing of different emotions, including disgust, which is often evoked by unfair or unequal offers in the Ultimatum Game. Activity in the insula has been consistently observed in studies investigating the neural basis of the Ultimatum Game.

In the Experimental Economics Task Known as the "Ultimatum Game