Simulating murder: The aversion to harmful action

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-7

  Cushman, Fiery ^a   Gray, Kurt ^b   Gaffey, Allison ^c   Mendes, W B ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Aversion; Empathy; Morality; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; SIMULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; ETHICS; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864329611     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025071     Document Type: Article

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