The influence of prior record on moral judgment

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2949-2957

  Kliemann, Dorit ^a,b   Young, Liane ^b   Scholz, Jonathan ^b   Saxe, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic game; fMRI; Moral reasoning; Temporo parietal junction; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIRTUES;

EID: 48049084352     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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