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·May 6, 2021·4 min read

Epilepsy Research Reveals Why Sleep Increases Risk of Sudden Death

Both sleep and seizures reduce heart rate, a new study into mortality and epilepsy reveal. Seizures also disrupt the natural regulation of sleep-related changes. This can sometimes prove deadly and increase the risk of sudden death in epilepsy patients. Read More

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·February 24, 2021·4 min read

The Appearance of Robots Affects Our Perception of the Morality of Their Decisions

People consider moral decisions made by humanoid robots to be less ethically sound than when another human or traditional-looking robot makes the same decision. Read More

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·February 24, 2021·4 min read

Atheists and Believers Both Have Moral Compasses, but With Key Differences

Atheists are more likely to believe the morality of an action is based on its consequences, while theists are more inclined to endorse moral values that promote group cohesion. Both believers and non-believers share moral values related to protecting vulnerable individuals and liberty versus oppression, a new study concludes. Read More

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·November 23, 2020·3 min read

Children More Willing to Punish if the Wrongdoer Is ‘Taught a Lesson’

Children as young as four are more willing to make personal sacrifices to punish those who do wrong, especially if they believe the punishment will teach the transgressor a lesson. Read More

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·November 17, 2020·5 min read

The Neural Mechanisms Behind Support for Political Violence

People with strong moral and political convictions who saw images of protestors congruent to their own views showed activation in the brain's reward system. The study suggests violent acts in political protests can arise as a desire to act morally, rather than from bad intentions. Read More

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·October 15, 2020·3 min read

Automatic Decision-Making Prevents Us Harming Others

People make automatic and efficient decisions when learning to avoid others. When learning to avoid harming themselves, people make become more deliberative. The study also found people were more willing to repeat decisions that were previously harmful to themselves if they believed better results would occur in the future. Read More

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·June 13, 2020·3 min read

Moral reflection can be seen in brain activity and eye movements

Using scenes from movies, researchers discover how different brain areas can be used flexibly and as needed. The study sheds light on how the brain transitions between moral thinking and empathy. Read More

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·January 18, 2020·5 min read

How does your body respond to feelings of moral outrage? Depends on your politics

Study reveals liberals and conservatives feel certain violations of moral concerns, such as loyalty and purity, in different areas of their bodies. Read More

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·December 29, 2019·4 min read

Watching pornography rewires the brain to a more juvenile state

From eroding the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain critical for impulse control, to damaging the dopamine reward system, researchers evaluate the impact of viewing pornography on the brain. Read More

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·December 26, 2019·4 min read

Why some people distrust atheists

25% of the population in the US identify as non-religious, with 3% actively identifying as atheist. Researchers investigate why many people distrust those who identify as being atheist. Read More

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·September 6, 2019·4 min read

Bad to the bone or just bad behavior?

How we perceive moral goodness or moral badness, as either biological and innate traits or potentially changeable, can guide whether we are willing to be lenient over other peoples' transgressions. Read More