Imagining being the agent of actions that carry different moral consequences: An fMRI study
Imagining being the agent of actions that carry different moral consequences: An fMRI study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.06.024
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发表时间：
2011-09-01
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2.6
通讯作者：
Porges, Eric C.
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作者：
Decety, Jean;Porges, Eric C.
为了研究代理对涉及攻击性和道德的神经处理的贡献，参与者在核磁共振扫描仪中观察了一系列简短的视觉场景，在这些场景中，一个人要么故意伤害另一个人，要么减轻另一个人的痛苦。他们被要求在心理上模拟自己是这些行为的实施者或接受者。功能连接分析表明，积极的力量（减轻他人的疼痛）与腹侧纹状体的活动增加有关，而消极的力量（伤害他人）导致腹内侧前额皮质的强烈信号减少和杏仁核的激活。总的来说，我们的数据表明，明确的观点采择策略对与不同行为及其道德后果相关的神经募集具有深远的影响。这项研究的结果可以为社会情绪障碍患者的治疗干预和医生教育提供新的策略。 (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
To investigate the contribution of agency to neural processing involved in aggression and morality, participants viewed in the MRI scanner a series of short visual scenarios in which an individual was either intentionally harming another person or easing the other's pain. They were required to mentally simulate being the perpetrator or the recipient of those actions. Functional connectivity analyses demonstrate that positive agency (easing the pain of another) was associated with increased activity in ventral striatum, while negative agency (harming the other) resulted in a strong signal decrease in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and activation in the amygdala. Overall, our data show that explicit perspective taking strategy has profound impact on the neural recruitment associated with distinct behaviors as well as their moral consequences. Results from this study can inform new strategies both for therapeutic interventions for patients with socioemotional disorders and the education of medical practitioners. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.