The effect of distance on moral engagement: Event related potentials and alpha power are sensitive to perspective in a virtual shooting task

In a shooting video game we investigated whether increased distance reduces moral conflict. We measured and analysed the event related potential (ERP), including the N2 component, which has previously been linked to cognitive conflict from competing decision tendencies. In a modified go/nogo task de...

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Main Authors: Kirsten ePetras, Sanne eten Oever, Bernadette M. Jansma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02008/full