Moral judgments, emotions and the utilitarian brain

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 319-321

  Moll, Jorge ^a   de Oliveira Souza, Ricardo ^a  

^a LABS D'Or Hospital Network   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIORS; MORAL COGNITION; MORAL JUDGMENTS; NEUROBIOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; NEUROLOGY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ALTRUISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; MORALITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SHORT SURVEY;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; ETHICAL THEORY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORALS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 34447576476     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2007.06.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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