caa a22 4500 555285251 20191127030327.0 cr unu---uuuuu 190206e20190109xx s 000 0 eng 2045-2322 10.1038/s41598-018-36956-2 doi (BORIS)oai:boris.unibe.ch:123724 610 ddc 300 ddc 30626887 pmid Frequency of everyday pro-environmental behaviour is explained by baseline activation in lateral prefrontal cortex [Elektronische Daten] [Thomas Baumgartner, Benedikt P. Langenbach, Lorena R.R. Gianotti, René M. Müri, Daria Knoch] publishedVersion openAccess eu-repo Humankind faces a plethora of environmental problems, many of which are directly influenced by individual human behaviour. To better understand pro-environmental behaviour, we here try to identify interindividual markers that explain variance in the frequency of every-day pro-environmental behaviour. So far, research on this topic has mainly relied on subjective self-report measures and has yielded mixed results. In this study, we applied a neural trait approach to assess stable, objective individual differences. Using source-localised electroencephalography, we measured cortical activation at rest and combined our neural task-independent data with an ecologically valid assessment of everyday pro-environmental behaviour. We find whole-brain-corrected evidence that task-independent baseline activation in the right lateral prefrontal cortex, a brain area known to be involved in cognitive control and self-control processes explains individual differences in pro-environmental behaviour. The higher the cortical baseline activation in this area, the higher the frequency of everyday pro-environmental behaviour. Implications for the promotion of pro-environmental behaviour are discussed. Baumgartner Thomas joint author Langenbach Benedikt P. joint author Gianotti Lorena R.R. joint author Müri René M. joint author Knoch Daria joint author Scientific Reports 9(9), pp. 1-7 2045-2322 https://boris.unibe.ch/123724/1/Baumgartner_Scientific_Reports_2019.pdf text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository 1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article boris PeerReviewed boris peerstatus BORIS 856 40 https://boris.unibe.ch/123724/1/Baumgartner_Scientific_Reports_2019.pdf text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository BORIS 700 1- Baumgartner Thomas joint author BORIS 700 1- Langenbach Benedikt P. joint author BORIS 700 1- Gianotti Lorena R.R. joint author BORIS 700 1- Müri René M. joint author BORIS 700 1- Knoch Daria joint author BORIS 773 0- Scientific Reports 9(9), pp. 1-7 2045-2322 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 BORIS BORIS BORIS info:eu-repo/semantics/article openAccess