| Right or wrong? The brain's fast response to morally objectionable statements. | |
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PMID: 19656340 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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How does the brain respond to statements that clash with a person's value system? We recorded event-related brain potentials while respondents from contrasting political-ethical backgrounds completed an attitude survey on drugs, medical ethics, social conduct, and other issues. Our results show that value-based disagreement is unlocked by language extremely rapidly, within 200 to 250 ms after the first word that indicates a clash with the reader's value system (e.g., "I think euthanasia is an acceptable/unacceptable..."). Furthermore, strong disagreement rapidly influences the ongoing analysis of meaning, which indicates that even very early processes in language comprehension are sensitive to a person's value system. Our results testify to rapid reciprocal links between neural systems for language and for valuation. |
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Authors:
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Jos J A Van Berkum; Bregje Holleman; Mante Nieuwland; Marte Otten; Jaap Murre |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-07-28 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychological science Volume: 20 ISSN: 1467-9280 ISO Abbreviation: Psychol Sci Publication Date: 2009 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-09-02 Completed Date: 2009-11-30 Revised Date: 2011-05-20 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9007542 Medline TA: Psychol Sci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1092-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. jos.vanberkum@mpi.nl |
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Adult Arousal / physiology* Attitude* Brain Mapping Cerebral Cortex / physiology Christianity Conflict (Psychology)* Electroencephalography* Evoked Potentials / physiology* Female Humans Judgment* Male Middle Aged Morals* Politics Reading* Religion and Psychology Semantics Social Values* |
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