Abnormal moral reasoning in complete and partial callosotomy patients

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2215-2220

  Miller, Michael B ^a   Sinnott Armstrong, Walter ^b   Young, Liane ^c   King, Danielle ^a   Paggi, Aldo ^d   Fabri, Mara ^d   Polonara, Gabriele ^d   Gazzaniga, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Moral reasoning; Split brain research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CALLOSOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MORALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPLIT-BRAIN PROCEDURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953022635     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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