THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF MORAL JUDGMENTS

• Authors: Keri Szabolcs
• Languages of publication: HU

Abstracts

EN

Is it possible to investigate moral decisions with the modern tools of neuroscience? On the one hand, social and moral functions are severely impaired in some clinical conditions, including antisocial personality disorder and behavioral disturbances associated with focal brain damage. On the other hand, functional neuroimaging methods allow the mapping of a complex brain network activated during the processing of moral situations. In this paper the author reviews current neurocognitive and social cognitive models of moral judgements, including cognitive control, somatic markers, social response, mentalization, and moral sensitivity. In conclusion, results suggest that, besides the brain areas responsible for 'rational' control processes, a specific network (pericingular cortex, superior temporal sulcus, anterior temporal cortex) of social cognition plays a crucial role in moral decision-making.

Keywords

EN

CINGULATE CORTEX; MORAL JUDGEMENTS; SOCIAL COGNITION

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Hungarian Association for Psychology
• Journal: Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle (Hungarian Psychological Review)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 251-264
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Keri Szabolcs

• Szabolcs Keri, no address given, contatct the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10HUAAAA074013