The neural basis of intuitive and counterintuitive moral judgment

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-402

  Kahane, Guy ^a   Wiech, Katja ^b   Shackel, Nicholas ^a,c   Farias, Miguel ^d   Savulescu, Julian ^a   Tracey, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Moral judgment; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858044784     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr005     Document Type: Article

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