The Neural Correlates of Moral Sensitivity: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of Basic and Moral Emotions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2730-2736

  Moll, Jorge ^a   De Oliveira Souza, Ricardo ^a   Eslinger, Paul J ^b   Bramati, Ivanei E ^a   Mourão Miranda, Janaína ^a,c   Andreiuolo, Pedro Angelo ^a   Pessoa, Luiz ^d  

^a Neuroimaging and Behav Neurol Grp   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; fMRI; Frontal lobes; Moral judgment; Orbitofrontal; Sociopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FACE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036546689     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-07-02730.2002     Document Type: Article

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