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Subject: morality and the human brain
Category: Science
Asked by: icarusdlqx-ga
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Posted: 31 Jul 2003 21:08 PDT
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Question ID: 237629
About a year ago scientists found a part of the brain that controls
"morality" and "ethics" in humans. Can you help me find an article
from a reliable source that talks about this?
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Subject: Re: morality and the human brain
Answered By: juggler-ga on 31 Jul 2003 22:15 PDT
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hello.

I believe that you probably heard about research conducted by Joshua
Green and Jonathan Cohen of Princeton University.

"Brain Imaging: Real Pictures of What's Right and Wrong"
Source: spiritualityhealth.com
http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/newsh/items/article/item_4716.html

"Emotions and Morality"
Source: Tameri.com
http://www.tameri.com/csw/extras/emotions.html

"Watching How the Brain Works as It Weighs a Moral Dilemma"
Source: New York Times
http://www.bebeyond.com/LearnEnglish/DailyReadings/Opinions/BrainWorks.htm

"Brain imaging study sheds light on moral decision-making"
source: Eureka Alert
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2001-09/pu-bis091101.php

"Morality & the Brain"
source: Princetonian
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2001/10/17/page3/


Other articles about the brain and morality:

"Size of brain region linked to violence, antisocial behavior...
Men who are most prone to rage and violence have significant
deficiencies in a brain region that enables most people to learn moral
sensibilities and exercise self-restraint, researchers at USC have
shown."
source: USC
http://www.usc.edu/ext-relations/news_service/releases/stories/36042.html

"Bully on the Brain...
Researchers have pinpointed the prefrontal cortex as the part of the
brain where emotion, arousal, attention, moral conscience, and
self-control primarily reside."
source: WebMD
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/21/1728_55051

"Their Brains Made Them Do It," hosted by MSN Health
http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/26/1728_59230

"Brain Difference Found in Antisocials
Front Part of the Brain in Antisocials Deficient"
Source: ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/antisocials000214.html

"Inside the psychopath"
Moving ahead on diagnosis and possible treatment
source: Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/196/science/Inside_the_psychopath+.shtml

"Bad brain or a bad person?" by Anjana Ahuja
From UTK.edu
http://utk-bioweb.bio.utk.edu/neils2.nsf/0/c6576cae8fe6f9fc85256c0c0082578f?OpenDocument

"The Mind of a Killer: Patterns Seen in Murderers’ Brains"
source: ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/killer_brain021023.html

"In the Mind of the Psychopath"
source: ABC.net.au
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/s511461.htm


search strategy:
"part of the brain", moral
"jonathan cohen", brain, moral
neuroscience, "the brain", moral

I hope this helps.
icarusdlqx-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars

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