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·May 3, 2017·4 min read

Judging Moral Character: A Matter of Principle, Not Good Deeds

According to researchers, we evaluate the moral character of other based upon their principles and honesty, not just by their good (or bad) deeds.

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·May 1, 2017·4 min read

Ill Gotten Gains Are Worth Less in the Brain

According to a new study, the brain responds less to rewards gained from immoral acts than it does to ethically earned rewards.

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·April 21, 2017·3 min read

How Can We Know Other People’s “True Selves”?

Researchers find evidence of a strong link between morality and identity.

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·April 18, 2017·5 min read

The Impossibility of Immorality

According to researchers, by default, we tend to view immoral acts as if they were simply impossible.

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·March 30, 2017·6 min read

Tests Can Help Quantify Automatic Empathy and Moral Intuitions

Researchers have developed new tests and math models to help quantify automatic moral and empathetic judgement.

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·February 13, 2017·5 min read

Brain Scanners Allow Scientists to ‘Read Minds’ – Could They Now Enable a ‘Big Brother’ Future?

Researchers question just how far fMRI research should go when trying to understand what exactly is going on inside our heads.

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·November 25, 2016·3 min read

Is Santa Claus Really Coming to Town?

A new study suggests maintaining a myth may be damaging to a child.

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·October 11, 2016·3 min read

People Switch Morality in the Heat of the Moment

A new study reports virtual reality may help show how a person would react to a specific situation, despite what they report they would do on paper.

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·October 9, 2016·5 min read

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

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.

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·September 23, 2016·5 min read

Study Challenges Widely Held View About Children’s Moral Judgement

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

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·February 22, 2016·7 min read

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

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.