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| Title |
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Affects Judgments of Moral Violations
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01812 |
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| Authors |
Hong Yuan, Serik Tabarak, Wenxin Su, Yong Liu, Jing Yu, Xu Lei |
| Abstract |
Previous studies show that neural activities in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are correlated with moral processing during picture viewing tasks. In this study, we applied transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to determine whether this non-invasive brain stimulation technique could modulate the evaluation of moral violations. Sixty-four subjects were randomly recruited, separated into different groups and tested with 42 pairs of pictures depicting moral violations. Each subject was required to rate the pictures two separate times, i.e., before and after tDCS intervention. We found that anodal tDCS (atDCS) increases cortical excitability over the mPFC (between the Fpz and Fp1 positions) as well as the sense of morality and emotional arousal of the subjects. In conclusion, this study indicated that the mPFC plays an important role in moral judgments while modulating ratings of moral violations under tDCS intervention conditions. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | 9% |
| Mexico | 1 | 9% |
| Philippines | 1 | 9% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |
| Germany | 1 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 9% |
| France | 1 | 9% |
| Australia | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 55% |
| Scientists | 3 | 27% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 18% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 44 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 44 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 16% |
| Researcher | 5 | 11% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 10 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 13 | 30% |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 12 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 March 2019.
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#6,470,561
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Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#9,269
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#96,012
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#236
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