Developmental frontal lobe imaging in moral judgment: Arthur Benton's enduring influence 60 years later

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-169

  Eslinger, Paul J ^a,d   Robinson Long, Melissa ^a   Realmuto, Jennifer ^a   Moll, Jorge ^b   DeOliveira Souza, Ricardo ^b,c   Tovar Moll, Fernanda ^b   Wang, Jianli ^a   Yang, Qing X ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LABS D'Or Hospital Network   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO GAFFRÉE E GUINLE   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Brain development; Frontal lobe; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Moral judgment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; THALAMUS; VIGNETTE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 65349131763     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390802298064     Document Type: Article

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