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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience |
Subtitle of host publication | Volumes 1-3, Second edition |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | V3-247-V3-253 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Volume | 1-3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128196410 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780128196410 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2021 |
Keywords
- Behavioral profiles
- Frontotemporoinsular networks
- Morality
- Natural experiments
- Neuroimaging
- Neurology