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. |