Affective basis of judgment-behavior discrepancy in virtual experiences of moral dilemmas

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-107

  Patil, Indrajeet ^a   Cogoni, Carlotta ^a   Zangrando, Nicola ^b   Chittaro, Luca ^b   Silani, Giorgia ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision making; Moral dilemmas; Moral judgment; Skin conductance; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891311618     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2013.870091     Document Type: Article

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