page_title: Neuromorality
section_title: Brain anatomy
hierarchical_section_title: Neuromorality / Brain anatomy
caption_attribution_description: English: Density of moral neuroscience studies. The intensity of the color is proportional to the number of the citations of the corresponding region in the article.
context_page_description: Neuromorality is an emerging field of neuroscience that studies the connection between morality and neuronal function. Scientists use fMRI and psychological assessment together to investigate the neural basis of moral cognition and behavior. Evidence shows that the central hub of morality is the prefrontal cortex guiding activity to other nodes of the neuromoral network. A spectrum of functional characteristics within this network to give rise to both altruistic and psychopathological behavior. Evidence from the investigation of neuromorality has applications in both clinical neuropsychiatry and forensic neuropsychiatry.
context_section_description: The main brain regions that are involved in the regulation of moral cognition and behavior are those of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, and amygdala. Less pronounced areas that are involved in moral regulation include the anterior cingulate gyrus, posterior cingulate gyrus, anterior insula, and the mesolimbic reward pathway.
caption: Areas of the brain related to moral processing and their corresponding citation density
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