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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Mind: Zapping the Brain Affects Moral Judgments

... the application of TMS [transcranial magnetic stimulation] to the RTPJ [right temporoparietal junction] disrupts individuals' abilities to accurately ascribe intentionality in judging the moral behaviors of another.

That is, zapped brains blame people who intended but failed to do harm less than unzapped brains.

For more, see Zapping the Brain Affects Moral Judgments by GAD Saad, February 4, 2011 at Psychology Today.

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