Frontopolar and anterior temporal cortex activation in a moral judgment task: Preliminary functional MRI results in normal subjects

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 657-664

  Moll, Jorge ^a   Eslinger, Paul J ^b   De Oliveira Souza, Ricardo ^a,c  

^a LABS and Rede D'Or Hospitais   (Brazil)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired sociopathy; Frontal lobes; Moral judgment; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0035458378     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2001000500001     Document Type: Article

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