  In the present study, we are trying to understand how peer unethical behavior
stimulates the decoupling of emotions in adolescents. We have simulated an
interactive game-based environment in order to stimulate participants to make
decisions that are found to be correlated with their virtual partner decisions.
The responses given by participants were also recorded as neural signals using
an EEG to study neurophysiological correlates of different decision-making
behavioral patterns. There was an active correlation between personality values
and decision-making. Preliminary analysis was focused on studying the
differences in lower brain frequencies (0.1-4Hz) when the participants
developed frustration, in contrast to when they experienced gratitude. The
study presents three case studies in which delta frequencies increased in cases
when frustration was experienced and decreased when gratitude was experienced.
The study focused on understanding the neural underpinnings of corresponding
modified behavior in adolescents. The findings highlight an increase in delta
frequencies when apparent frustration was developed in adolescents due to their
peer unethical behavior. The delta frequencies lowered when participants were
tested for ethical behavior. The results concluded that based on personality
value types, adolescents tend to develop frustration toward perceived unethical
behavior and carry it over to other unrelated peers. This study is highly
explorative in nature, with preliminary analysis using only three case studies,
having a small sample size. However, the novelty of this study brings about new
dimensions to social cognition and personality studies.
