Modulation of incentivized dishonesty by disgust facial expressions
Disgust modulates moral decisions involving harming others. We recently specified that this effect is bi-directionally modulated by individual sensitivity to disgust. Here, we show that this effect generalizes to the moral domain of honesty and extends to outcomes with real-world impact. We employed...
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| author | Julian eLim Julian eLim Paul eHo O'Dhaniel A Mullette-Gillman O'Dhaniel A Mullette-Gillman O'Dhaniel A Mullette-Gillman |
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| description | Disgust modulates moral decisions involving harming others. We recently specified that this effect is bi-directionally modulated by individual sensitivity to disgust. Here, we show that this effect generalizes to the moral domain of honesty and extends to outcomes with real-world impact. We employed a dice-rolling task in which participants were incentivized to dishonestly report outcomes to increase their potential final monetary payoff. Disgust or control facial expressions were presented subliminally on each trial. Our results reveal that the disgust facial expressions altered honest reporting as a bi-directional function moderated by individual sensitivity. Combining these data with those from prior experiments revealed that the effect of disgust presentation on both harm judgments and honesty could be accounted for by the same bidirectional function, with no significant effect of domain. This clearly demonstrates that disgust facial expressions produce the same modulation of moral judgments across different moral foundations (harm and honesty). Our results suggest strong overlap in the cognitive/neural processes of moral judgments across moral foundations, and provide a framework for further studies to specify the integration of emotional information in moral decision making. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85766d78844a470e89055565defbd23d2022-12-22T02:57:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2015-07-01910.3389/fnins.2015.00250150666Modulation of incentivized dishonesty by disgust facial expressionsJulian eLim0Julian eLim1Paul eHo2O'Dhaniel A Mullette-Gillman3O'Dhaniel A Mullette-Gillman4O'Dhaniel A Mullette-Gillman5Duke-NUS Graduate Medical SchoolNational University of SingaporeNational University of SingaporeNational University of SingaporeDuke-NUS Graduate Medical SchoolNational University of SingaporeDisgust modulates moral decisions involving harming others. We recently specified that this effect is bi-directionally modulated by individual sensitivity to disgust. Here, we show that this effect generalizes to the moral domain of honesty and extends to outcomes with real-world impact. We employed a dice-rolling task in which participants were incentivized to dishonestly report outcomes to increase their potential final monetary payoff. Disgust or control facial expressions were presented subliminally on each trial. Our results reveal that the disgust facial expressions altered honest reporting as a bi-directional function moderated by individual sensitivity. Combining these data with those from prior experiments revealed that the effect of disgust presentation on both harm judgments and honesty could be accounted for by the same bidirectional function, with no significant effect of domain. This clearly demonstrates that disgust facial expressions produce the same modulation of moral judgments across different moral foundations (harm and honesty). Our results suggest strong overlap in the cognitive/neural processes of moral judgments across moral foundations, and provide a framework for further studies to specify the integration of emotional information in moral decision making.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00250/fullDecision MakingJudgmentindividual differencesFacial Expressionprimingchoice |
| spellingShingle | Julian eLim Julian eLim Paul eHo O'Dhaniel A Mullette-Gillman O'Dhaniel A Mullette-Gillman O'Dhaniel A Mullette-Gillman Modulation of incentivized dishonesty by disgust facial expressions Frontiers in Neuroscience Decision Making Judgment individual differences Facial Expression priming choice |
| title | Modulation of incentivized dishonesty by disgust facial expressions |
| title_full | Modulation of incentivized dishonesty by disgust facial expressions |
| title_fullStr | Modulation of incentivized dishonesty by disgust facial expressions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modulation of incentivized dishonesty by disgust facial expressions |
| title_short | Modulation of incentivized dishonesty by disgust facial expressions |
| title_sort | modulation of incentivized dishonesty by disgust facial expressions |
| topic | Decision Making Judgment individual differences Facial Expression priming choice |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00250/full |
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