Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior through effects on harm aversion.
Aversive emotional reactions to real or imagined social harms infuse moral judgment and motivate prosocial behavior. Here, we show that the neurotransmitter serotonin directly alters both moral judgment and behavior through increasing subjects' aversion to personally harming others. We enhanced...
Main Authors: | Crockett, M, Clark, L, Hauser, MD, Robbins, T |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2010
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