The human brain may simulate physical sensations to prompt introspection, capitalizing on moments of high emotion to promote moral behavior, according to a USC researcher. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and the USC Rossier School of Education found that individuals who were told stories designed to evoke compassion and admiration […]
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Maturing Brain Circuitry Changes Play A Role In Moral Sensitivity
People’s moral responses to similar situations change as they age, according to a new study at the University of Chicago that combined brain scanning, eye-tracking, and behavioral measures to understand how the brain responds to morally laden scenarios. Both preschool children and adults distinguish between damage done either intentionally or accidently when assessing whether a […]
Ethical And Moral Decision Making By Your Pharmacist?
The majority of pharmacists across the profession who were involved in a UK study reported the patient’s health interests as the most important factor to consider in ethical decision making. They also indicated that regulation seems to play a very important part in moral decision making. The research report is published by the Pharmacy Practice […]
Major Moral Decisions Use General-Purpose Brain Circuits To Manage Uncertainty
Scientists at Harvard University have found that humans can make difficult moral decisions using the same brain circuits as those used in more mundane choices related to money and food. These circuits, also found in other animals, put together two critical pieces of information: How good or bad are the things that might happen? What […]
People Think Immoral Behavior Is Funny, But Only If It Also Seems Benign
What makes something funny? Philosophers have been tossing that question around since Plato. Now two psychological scientists think they’ve come up with the formula: humor comes from a violation or threat to the way the world ought to be that is, at the same time, benign. The research is published in Psychological Science, a journal […]
Psychological Research Conducted In WEIRD Nations May Not Apply To Global Populations
A new University of British Columbia study says that an over reliance on research subjects from the United States and other Western nations can produce false claims about human psychology and behavior because their psychological tendencies are highly unusual compared to the global population. The study will soon be published in Nature and Behavioral Sciences […]
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