The neural basis of human moral cognition

被引:587
作者
Moll, J
Zahn, R
de Oliveira-Souza, R
Krueger, F
Grafman, J
机构
[1] Natl Inst Neurol Disorders & Stroke, Cognit Neurosci Sect, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[2] LABS DOr Hosp Network, Cognit & Behav Neurosci Unit, BR-22281080 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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10.1038/nrn1768
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Moral cognitive neuroscience is an emerging field of research that focuses on the neural basis of uniquely human forms of social cognition and behaviour. Recent functional imaging and clinical evidence indicates that a remarkably consistent network of brain regions is involved in moral cognition. These findings are fostering new interpretations of social behavioural impairments in patients with brain dysfunction, and require new approaches to enable us to understand the complex links between individuals and society. Here, we propose a cognitive neuroscience view of how cultural and context-dependent knowledge, semantic social knowledge and motivational states can be integrated to explain complex aspects of human moral cognition.
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