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<let name=data index=Author>Greg Miller</let>
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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;The insula, a brain region linked to processing emotion, became more active when subjects considered more inequitable distributions of meals; it was also more active in subjects whose choices suggested a greater-than-average aversion to in[[equity]]. Activity in another region, the putamen, seemed to track the [[common good]], rising in proportion to the total number of meals that could be donated in a given case.&rdquo;}}<noinclude>
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<let name=data index=TextShort>&ldquo;The insula, a brain region linked to processing emotion, became more active when subjects considered more inequitable distributions of meals; it was also more active in subjects whose choices suggested a greater-than-average aversion to in[[equity]]. Activity in another region, the putamen, seemed to track the [[common good]], rising in proportion to the total number of meals that could be donated in a given case.&rdquo;</let>
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<p>The insula, a brain region linked to processing emotion, became more active when subjects considered more inequitable distributions of meals; it was also more active in subjects whose choices suggested a greater-than-average aversion to in[[equity]]. Activity in another region, the putamen, seemed to track the [[common good]], rising in proportion to the total number of meals that could be donated in a given case.</p>
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* '''2008-05-10''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508143321.htm Justice In The Brain: Equity And Efficiency Are Encoded Differently] ([[ScienceDaily]])
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** '''2008-05-18''' [http://scienceandreason.blogspot.com/2008/05/moral-choice-fairness-utility-and.html Moral choice: fairness, utility, and the insula] ([[Science and Reason blog]])
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