Judgment before principle: Engagement of the frontoparietal control network in condemning harms of omission

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 888-895

  Cushman, Fiery ^a   Murray, Dylan ^a   Gordon mckeon, Shauna ^a   Wharton, Sophie ^a   Greene, Joshua D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control network; Morality; Omission; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MORALITY; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870186656     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr072     Document Type: Article

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