Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53474#.VMX8BizQrzE Author(s) Yaozhong Liu , Junjie Huang * Affiliation(s) School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China . ABSTRACT The approach/inhibition theory of power suggested that power conduced to more reward-related behavior, while powerless individual had more inhibited behavior. In this study, participants were told to take part in the dictator game and the ultimatum game, which respectively made them feel powerful or powerless. In the meanwhile, ERPs (Event-Related Potentials) was also adopted in the experiment. After comparing the behavioral and potential differences with those two power condition, the study found that people felt more powerful and allocated less interests to the counterparts when they played the dictator game than that in the ultimatum game. Four types of ERP component were found in this study: P2, N...
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