Neural correlates of post-conventional moral reasoning: a voxel-based morphometry study.

ABSTRACT: Going back to Kohlberg, moral development research affirms that people progress through different stages of moral reasoning as cognitive abilities mature. Individuals at a lower level of moral reasoning judge moral issues mainly based on self-interest (personal interests schema) or based on adherence to laws and rules (maintaining norms schema), whereas individuals at the post-conventional level judge moral issues based on deeper principles and shared ideals. However, the extent to which moral development is reflected in structural brain architecture remains unknown. To investigate this question, we used voxel-based morphometry and examined the brain structure in a sample of 67 Master of Business Administration (MBA) students. Subjects completed the Defining Issues Test (DIT-2) which measu

SUBMITTER: Prehn K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4454660 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature