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Would We Lie To You? Children’s Perceptions Get More Nuanced With Age

Neuroscience NewsOctober 9, 2016

A new study as children get older, their moral evaluations of both lies and truths is increasingly influenced by whether they think this behavior will cause harm to either others or themselves.... Read More...

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Study Challenges Widely Held View About Children’s Moral Judgement

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 23, 2016

Researchers argue that a child's ability to make a moral judgement has often been substantially underestimated.... Read More...

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Our Bad, Bad Brains: Roundtable Discussion for Brain Games’ Brains Behaving Badly Episode

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 22, 2016

Are humans hardwired for transgressions? Why are some of the brain's most basic instincts considered bad behavior? Why does bad behavior come so naturally to us? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.... Read More...

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Questioning Our Morality: Zoning Out or Deep Thinking?

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 7, 2016

According to researchers, stories that force us to think about our deepest moral values activate a brain region once thought to be on autopilot.... Read More...

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Infants’ Moral Development Affected by Parents’ Views on Justice

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 1, 2015

A new study reports parental views on justice have an impact on the moral development of their infants.... Read More...

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Brain Imaging Study Finds Unequal Healthcare Funding Provokes Moral Disgust

Neuroscience NewsAugust 18, 2015

A new study reports brain areas associated with moral and social disgust are triggered in people when they believe healthcare funding is split unequally.... Read More...

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Moral Traits, Not Memory, Considered Core Component of Our Identity

Neuroscience NewsAugust 17, 2015

For families of those with Alzheimer's disease, it's the changes in behavior and not loss of memory which makes those close say the patient isn't the same person any more. ... Read More...

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Distance and Time Soften Moral Judgments

Neuroscience NewsAugust 5, 2015

According to researchers, moral judgement of wrong doing soften over time and distance.... Read More...

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When Good People Behave Badly

Neuroscience NewsJune 7, 2015

A new study addresses why sometimes good people make unethical choices.... Read More...

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Increased Grey Matter in Those With Higher Levels of Moral Reasoning

Neuroscience NewsJune 3, 2015

A new study reports people with higher levels of moral reasoning appear to have increased grey matter volume in areas of the brain associated with complex social behavior and decision making.... Read More...

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