A somatic marker perspective of immoral and corrupt behavior

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 640-652

  Sobhani, Mona ^a   Bechara, Antoine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corruption; Decision making; Immorality; Psychopathy; Somatic marker hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MORALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MORALS;

EID: 84857412124     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.605592     Document Type: Article

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