Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Description: This cluster of papers explores the neuroscience and psychology of moral judgment, with a focus on the role of disgust, emotion, and disease avoidance in ethical decision-making. It delves into the interplay between intuition and reasoning, the impact of intentional actions, and the evolutionary origins of moral sentiments.
Characteristic keywords: moral judgment, moral intuitions, moral cognition, moral transgression, trolley problem, disgust sensitivity, moral disgust, neuroscience of morality, children's moral reasoning, children's moral judgment, emotions and morality, Moral Foundations Questionnaire, sacrificial dilemmas, moral domain, moral condemnation, pathogen disgust, pathogen avoidance, Jonathan Haidt, accidental harm, stages of moral development, behavioral immune system, utilitarian judgment, Joshua Greene, sexual disgust, moral judgment development
Sibling topics: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Music Perception, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Memory Processes and Influences, Motor Control and Adaptation, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Face Recognition and Perception, Embodied and Extended Cognition, Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations, Free Will and Agency, Pain Management and Placebo Effect, Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction, Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience, Aesthetic Perception and Analysis, Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function, Mind wandering and attention, Hallucinations in medical conditions, Cognitive Science and Education Research, Undergraduate Neuroscience Education and Research
Parent subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
OpenAlex ID: T12520