The Neural Correlates of Moral Sensitivity: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of Basic and Moral Emotions

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.

Areas activated by both moral unpleasant and basic unpleasant conditions relative to the neutral condition (assessed with conjunction analysis) are shown. Activations were observed in the amygdala, upper midbrain, right thalamus, superior colliculus, extrastriate visual cortex, temporal neocortex, and insula (uncorrectedp < 0.0001; adjacent voxels in the cluster witht > 3.61, p < 0.003; minimum cluster volume of 100 mm3). In transversal and coronal slices, the right side of the brain corresponds to the left side of the figure.

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 22 no. 7 2730-2736
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