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Bzdok, Danilo, Schilbach, Leonhard ORCID: 0000-0001-5547-8309, Vogeley, Kai, Schneider, Karla, Laird, Angela R., Langner, Robert ORCID: 0000-0002-3237-001X and Eickhoff, Simon B. ORCID: 0000-0001-6363-2759 (2012). Parsing the neural correlates of moral cognition: ALE meta-analysis on morality, theory of mind, and empathy. Brain Struct. Funct., 217 (4). S. 783 - 797. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG. ISSN 1863-2661

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Abstract

Morally judicious behavior forms the fabric of human sociality. Here, we sought to investigate neural activity associated with different facets of moral thought. Previous research suggests that the cognitive and emotional sources of moral decisions might be closely related to theory of mind, an abstract-cognitive skill, and empathy, a rapid-emotional skill. That is, moral decisions are thought to crucially refer to other persons' representation of intentions and behavioral outcomes as well as (vicariously experienced) emotional states. We thus hypothesized that moral decisions might be implemented in brain areas engaged in 'theory of mind' and empathy. This assumption was tested by conducting a large-scale activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies, which assessed 2,607 peak coordinates from 247 experiments in 1,790 participants. The brain areas that were consistently involved in moral decisions showed more convergence with the ALE analysis targeting theory of mind versus empathy. More specifically, the neurotopographical overlap between morality and empathy disfavors a role of affective sharing during moral decisions. Ultimately, our results provide evidence that the neural network underlying moral decisions is probably domain-global and might be dissociable into cognitive and affective sub-systems.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bzdok, Danilo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schilbach, Leonhard UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5547-8309 UNSPECIFIED Vogeley, Kai UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schneider, Karla UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Laird, Angela R. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Langner, Robert UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3237-001X UNSPECIFIED Eickhoff, Simon B. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6363-2759 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-482245
DOI:	10.1007/s00429-012-0380-y
Journal or Publication Title:	Brain Struct. Funct.
Volume:	217
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 783 - 797
Date:	2012
Publisher:	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Place of Publication:	HEIDELBERG
ISSN:	1863-2661
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RIGHT TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION; TEMPORO-PARIETAL JUNCTION; SOCIAL COGNITION; HUMAN AMYGDALA; DEFAULT MODE; JUDGMENT; PAIN; DAMAGE; EMOTION Multiple languages Anatomy & Morphology; Neurosciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/48224