2008-05-08 Your Brain on Ethics
{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{#vardefine:Date|2008-05-08}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Date}}{{#vardefine:Date.disp|2008-05-08}}{{#vardefine:Date.disp|[[{{#var:Date}}]]}}{{#vardefine:Topics|\ethics\human nature}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Topics}}{{#vardefine:Topics.disp|\ethics\human nature}}{{#vardefine:URL|http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/508/1}}{{#vardefine:keylist%7C{{#var:keylist}}\URL}}{{#vardefine:URL.disp%7Chttp://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/508/1}}{{#vardefine:Title%7CYour Brain on Ethics}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Title}}{{#vardefine:Title.disp|Your Brain on Ethics}}{{#vardefine:Text|“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 inequity. 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.”}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Text}}{{#vardefine:Text.disp|“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 inequity. 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.”}} {{#xploop:{{#var:Topics}}||}} {{#xploop:{{#var:keylist}}|\n* $s$: \o#var:$s$.disp\c}}