Intact moral decision-making in adults with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Deficits in decision-making are a common consequence of moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Less is known, however, about how individuals with TBI perform on moral decision-making tasks. To address this gap in the literature, the current study probed moral decision-making in a sample of individuals with TBI using a widely employed experimental measure.

Methods/hypothesis

We administered a set of 50 trolley-type dilemmas to 31 individuals with TBI and 31 demographically matched, neurotypical comparison participants. We hypothesized that individuals with TBI would be more likely to offer utilitarian responses to personal dilemmas than neurotypical peers.

Results

In contrast to our hypothesis, we observed that individuals with TBI were not mo

SUBMITTER: Edwards M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10730091 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature