Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury
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Resumo: | Previous research has shown an association between emotions, particularly social emotions, and moral judgments. Some studies suggested an association between blunted emotion and the utilitarian moral judgments observed in patients with prefrontal lesions. In order to investigate how prefrontal brain damage affects moral judgment, we asked a sample of 29 TBI patients (12 females and 17 males) and 41 healthy participants (16 females and 25 males) to judge 22 hypothetical dilemmas split into three different categories (non-moral, impersonal and personal moral). The TBI group presented a higher proportion of affirmative (utilitarian) responses for personal moral dilemmas when compared to controls, suggesting an atypical pattern of utilitarian judgements. We also found a negative association between the performance on recognition of social emotions and the proportion of affirmative responses on personal moral dilemmas. These results suggested that the preference for utilitarian responses in this type of dilemmas is accompanied by difficulties in social emotion recognition. Overall, our findings suggest that deontological moral judgments are associated with normal social emotion processing and that frontal lobe plays an important role in both emotion and moral judgment. |
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Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injuryMoral judgmentSocial emotion recognitionFrontal TBIPrevious research has shown an association between emotions, particularly social emotions, and moral judgments. Some studies suggested an association between blunted emotion and the utilitarian moral judgments observed in patients with prefrontal lesions. In order to investigate how prefrontal brain damage affects moral judgment, we asked a sample of 29 TBI patients (12 females and 17 males) and 41 healthy participants (16 females and 25 males) to judge 22 hypothetical dilemmas split into three different categories (non-moral, impersonal and personal moral). The TBI group presented a higher proportion of affirmative (utilitarian) responses for personal moral dilemmas when compared to controls, suggesting an atypical pattern of utilitarian judgements. We also found a negative association between the performance on recognition of social emotions and the proportion of affirmative responses on personal moral dilemmas. These results suggested that the preference for utilitarian responses in this type of dilemmas is accompanied by difficulties in social emotion recognition. Overall, our findings suggest that deontological moral judgments are associated with normal social emotion processing and that frontal lobe plays an important role in both emotion and moral judgment.Society for Judgment and Decision MakingSapientiaMartins, Ana TeresaFaísca, LuísEsteves, FranciscoMuresan, A.Reis, Alexandra2014-07-31T10:38:34Z20122014-07-30T10:20:07Z2012-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/4878engMartins, Ana T.; Faísca, Luís; Esteves, Francisco; Muresan, Angelica; Reis, Alexandra. Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury, Judgment and Decision Making, 7, 4, 478-487, 2012.1930-2975AUT: LFA00717; AIR01687; ATM01984;info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-24T10:16:02ZPortal AgregadorONG |
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Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury |
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Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury |
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Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury Martins, Ana Teresa Moral judgment Social emotion recognition Frontal TBI |
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Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury |
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Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury |
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Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury |
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Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury |
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Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury |
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Martins, Ana Teresa |
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Martins, Ana Teresa Faísca, Luís Esteves, Francisco Muresan, A. Reis, Alexandra |
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Faísca, Luís Esteves, Francisco Muresan, A. Reis, Alexandra |
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Sapientia |
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Martins, Ana Teresa Faísca, Luís Esteves, Francisco Muresan, A. Reis, Alexandra |
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Moral judgment Social emotion recognition Frontal TBI |
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Moral judgment Social emotion recognition Frontal TBI |
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Previous research has shown an association between emotions, particularly social emotions, and moral judgments. Some studies suggested an association between blunted emotion and the utilitarian moral judgments observed in patients with prefrontal lesions. In order to investigate how prefrontal brain damage affects moral judgment, we asked a sample of 29 TBI patients (12 females and 17 males) and 41 healthy participants (16 females and 25 males) to judge 22 hypothetical dilemmas split into three different categories (non-moral, impersonal and personal moral). The TBI group presented a higher proportion of affirmative (utilitarian) responses for personal moral dilemmas when compared to controls, suggesting an atypical pattern of utilitarian judgements. We also found a negative association between the performance on recognition of social emotions and the proportion of affirmative responses on personal moral dilemmas. These results suggested that the preference for utilitarian responses in this type of dilemmas is accompanied by difficulties in social emotion recognition. Overall, our findings suggest that deontological moral judgments are associated with normal social emotion processing and that frontal lobe plays an important role in both emotion and moral judgment. |
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2012 |
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2012 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-07-31T10:38:34Z 2014-07-30T10:20:07Z |
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Martins, Ana T.; Faísca, Luís; Esteves, Francisco; Muresan, Angelica; Reis, Alexandra. Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury, Judgment and Decision Making, 7, 4, 478-487, 2012. 1930-2975 AUT: LFA00717; AIR01687; ATM01984; |
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