Neurowissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse
- Oxytocin und soziale Bindungen
- Zak, P. J., Stanton, A. A., & Ahmadi, S. (2007). Oxytocin increases generosity in humans. PLoS One, 2(11), e1128.
- Dopamin und das Belohnungssystem
- Fisher, H. E., Aron, A., & Brown, L. L. (2005). Romantic love: A mammalian brain system for mate choice. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 361(1476), 2173-2186.
- Spiegelneuronen und Empathie
- Rizzolatti, G., & Craighero, L. (2004). The mirror-neuron system. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 27(1), 169-192.
- Verlustaversion und Liebeskummer
- Eisenberger, N. I., Lieberman, M. D., & Williams, K. D. (2003). Does rejection hurt? An FMRI study of social exclusion. Science, 302(5643), 290-292.
- Neuroplastizität und emotionale Anpassung
- Doidge, N. (2007). The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science. Viking Penguin.
Erkenntnisse aus der Verhaltensökonomik
- Prospect Theory und Verlustaversion
- Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica, 47(2), 263-291.
- Social Exchange Theory
- Homans, G. C. (1958). Social behavior as exchange. American Journal of Sociology, 63(6), 597-606.
- Zeitliche Diskontierung und emotionale Entscheidungen
- Laibson, D. (1997). Golden eggs and hyperbolic discounting. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 112(2), 443-477.
- Altruismus in Beziehungen
- Andreoni, J. (1990). Impure altruism and donations to public goods: A theory of warm-glow giving. The Economic Journal, 100(401), 464-477.
- Commitment Devices in Beziehungen
- Schelling, T. C. (1980). The Strategy of Conflict. Harvard University Press.
Kombinierte Erkenntnisse aus Neurowissenschaft und Ökonomik
- Die Rolle von Emotionen bei Entscheidungen
- Loewenstein, G., Weber, E. U., Hsee, C. K., & Welch, N. (2001). Risk as feelings. Psychological Bulletin, 127(2), 267-286.
- Kooperation und Vertrauen in Beziehungen
- Fehr, E., & Gächter, S. (2000). Fairness and retaliation: The economics of reciprocity. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 14(3), 159-181.