Action Modulates the Conscious Reasoning Process of Moral Judgment: Evidence From Behavior and Neurophysiology

• Published in: Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience Vol. 14; p. 577252
• Main Authors: Leng, Yue, Zhang, Jili, Zhangyu, Yanan, Yang, Xiaoyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 06.01.2021; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: allowing harm; Behavioral Neuroscience; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Decision making; doing harm; Event-related potentials; Information processing; LPP; Medical imaging; moral dilemma; Morality; N450; Neuroimaging; Principles; Psychology; allowing harm; doing harm; moral dilemma; event-related potentials; N450; LPP

Moral judgment can be highly affected by the action and intention factors on a behavior level. Previous neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that the intention factor can modulate both the affective and cognitive processing of moral judgment. The present event-related potentials (ERP) study examin...