Moral values are associated with individual differences in regional brain volume

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1657-1663

  Lewis, Gary J ^a   Kanai, Ryota ^b   Bates, Timothy C ^c   Rees, Geraint ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTHORITY; BRAIN SIZE; CARE AND CARING; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HISTOLOGY; INDIVIDUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871682230     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00239     Document Type: Article

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