Neural basis of moral elevation demonstrated through inter-subject synchronization of cortical activity during free-viewing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Englander, Zoë A ^a   Haidt, Jonathan ^a   Morris, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMIRATION; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STEADY STATE; VIDEORECORDING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862682537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039384     Document Type: Article

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