Are 'counter-intuitive' deontological judgments really counter-intuitive? An empirical reply to Kahane et al. (2012)

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1368-1371

  Paxton, Joseph M ^a   Bruni, Tommaso ^b   Greene, Joshua D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic processing; Controlled processing; Intuition; Moral judgment; Reflection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; ETHICAL THEORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; ETHICAL THEORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904490201     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst102     Document Type: Article

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