Belief in a just world is associated with activity in insula and somatosensory cortices as a response to the perception of norm violations

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 514-521

  Denke, Claudia ^a   Rotte, Michael ^b   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^b   Schaefer, Michael ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fairness; fmri; Just world hypothesis; Moral; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84904730396     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2014.922493     Document Type: Article

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