Beyond “utilitarianism”: Maximizing the clinical impact of moral judgment research

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 661-667

  Rosas, Alejandro ^a   Koenigs, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral judgment; Neuropsychology; Prefrontal cortex; Psychopathy; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; INJURIES; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OFFENDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN INJURIES; CRIMINALS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84907402808     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2014.937506     Document Type: Note

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