Reference code: | Aging-15 |
Location: | Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/Outros Apoios
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Title:
| Awareness to utilitarian responses in later life: An ERP study with moral dilemmas
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Publication year: | 2022
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URL:
| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394022003858
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Abstract/Results: | Abstract
The current study aims to provide the first insights into the neural correlates of utilitarian and deontological responses to moral dilemmas across the lifespan. To this purpose, younger (n = 30), middle-aged (n = 29), and older adults (n = 29) completed moral dilemmas during an EEG recording. Behaviorally, groups did not differ in the number of utilitarian responses and reaction times. However, at the neural level, older adults had higher Error Positivity (Pe) amplitudes than younger adults after utilitarian responses. As this effect was specific to utilitarian responses, it suggests that utilitarian decisions may induce increased conflict in the older group. These findings highlight that older adults may be more aware of the harmful outcomes of utilitarian decisions during moral decision-making.
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Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Fernandes, C.
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Secondary author(s):
| Pasion, R., Gonçalves, A. R., Almeida, R., Garcez, H., Ferreira-Santos, F., Barbosa, F., Marques-Teixeira, J.
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Document type:
| Article
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Reference:
| Fernandes, C., Pasion, R., Gonçalves, A. R., Almeida, R., Garcez, H., Ferreira-Santos, F., Barbosa, F., & Marques-Teixeira, J. (2022). Awareness to utilitarian responses in later life: An ERP study with moral dilemmas. Neuroscience Letters, 787, 136824. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136824
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2-year Impact Factor: | 3.197|2021
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Impact factor notes: | Impact factor not available yet for 2022
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Times cited: | 0|2022-10-11
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Indexed document: | Yes
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Quartile: | Q3
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Keywords: | Aging / Social cognition / Moral dilemmas / ERP
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Awareness to utilitarian responses in later life: An ERP study with moral dilemmas |