Moral cognition in neurology

Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza*, Jorge Moll, Roland Zahn

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Abstract

Neurology and the study of moral cognition and behavior have been closely linked since the 19th century. During the past decade, neuroscientists have employed sophisticated behavioral and anatomical and functional neuroimaging methods to study morality both in healthy volunteers and in patients with developmental and acquired impairments of moral behavior. The chief conclusions from these studies are: (i) a disorder of moral cognition and behavior may be the sole or primary manifestation of common neuropsychiatric disorders, (ii) moral cognition and behavior are consistently related to discrete neural circuits in health as well as in disease states, (iii) to a certain extent, moral and social cognition share the same neural architecture; (iv) further studies should focus on the neural organization that underpins morality, and (v) how it differs from other domain-specific modalities of social cognition.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience
Subtitle of host publicationVolumes 1-3, Second edition
PublisherElsevier
PagesV3-247-V3-253
Number of pages7
Volume1-3
ISBN (Electronic)9780128196410
ISBN (Print)9780128196410
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2021

Keywords

  • Behavioral profiles
  • Frontotemporoinsular networks
  • Morality
  • Natural experiments
  • Neuroimaging
  • Neurology

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