Mode of effective connectivity within a putative neural network differentiates moral cognitions related to care and justice ethics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Cáceda, Ricardo ^a   James, G Andrew ^b   Ely, Timothy D ^a   Snarey, John ^c   Kilts, Clinton D ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MORALITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADULT; COGNITION; EFFICIENCY; EMPATHY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MORALS; NERVE NET; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 79952171973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014730     Document Type: Article

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