Skip to main content
. 2015 Feb 24;9:40. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00040

Table 1.

The four decision situations and their underlying payoff-structures including percentages of trials in which subjects chose the left alternative in each condition separately for prosocials and proselfs (selfish participants).

Decision situation Percentage of trials averaged across subjects (mean ± SD)
Prosocials Proselfs t-value (p)
Pure self-interest (PSI) e.g., 10/6 4/6 94.1% (± 12.92%) 95% (± 12.11%) −0.22 (0.829)
Efficiency (E) e.g., 16/10 4/6 95.5% (± 8.96%) 95% (± 12.53%) 0.14 (0.886)
Non-costly social (NCS) e.g., 6/10 6/4 90.3% (± 16.25%) 92.1% (± 12.7%) −0.36 (0.724)
Costly social (CS) e.g., 4/10 10/6 19.6% (± 16.32%) 6.9% (± 10.94%) 2.79 (0.008)