Disruption of the right temporoparietal junction with transcranial stimulation reduces the role of beliefs in moral judgments

When we judge an action as morally right or wrong, we rely on our capacity to infer the actor's mental states (e.g., beliefs, intentions). Here, we test the hypothesis that the right temporoparietal junction (RTPJ), an area involved in mental state reasoning, is necessary for making moral judgm...

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Main Authors: Young, Liane (Contributor), Camprodon, Joan Albert (Author), Hauser, Marc (Author), Pascual-Leone, Alvaro (Author), Saxe, Rebecca R. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2011-03-04T17:02:40Z.
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