The impact of one night of sleep deprivation on moral judgments

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-300

  Tempesta, D ^a   Couyoumdjian, A ^b   Moroni, F ^b,c   Marzano, C ^b   de Gennaro, L ^b   Ferrara, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frontal lobes; Moral dilemmas; Sleep loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860347702     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.614002     Document Type: Article

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