The role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in moral cognition
A value-centric hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21591707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna K Garr (McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 970-987 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09515089.2023.2166820 |
| OpenAlex | W4318816355 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 72 |
Trends in moral psychology largely support the role that emotion plays in moral cognition with human lesion studies offering the most compelling evidence to date. Specifically, data from ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) patients on moral judgment tasks has suggested the necessity of having intact emotion to behave in morally appropriate ways. However, patients with vmPFC damage also have deficits in a variety of complex judgment and decision-making tasks, regardless of whether emotion is involved. This paper argues that a basic information processing perspective of vmPFC functionality is a better interpretation of vmPFC patient deficits, specifically with the vmPFC being necessary for value assessment rather than being specific to emotion
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Consumer neuroscience · Prefrontal cortex · Self-reference effect · Ventromedial prefrontal cortex · Ethics in Business and Education · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |