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The role of ventromedial prefrontal cortex in utilitarian decision-making
University of Skövde, School of Bioscience.
2024 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 15 credits / 22,5 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) has been suggested to be of great importance for moral decision-making. It has been suggested that during moral decision-making, lesions to the vmPFC increases what researchers term “utilitarian” decision-making. This systematic review summarizes four peer-reviewed studies that were filtered and selected from the databases Web of Science, Scopus and Medline EBSCO. The studies selected compared participants with vmPFC lesions to controls during moral decision-making. One study tested moral evaluation through moral transgressions and distractions. Two studies tested moral responses during personal, impersonal and non-moral dilemmas. One study tested whether direct involvement in a dilemma alters the utilitarian response. The overall results all point towards the vmPFC being directly involved in moral decision-making and that higher rates of utilitarian decision-making were shown in patients with vmPFC lesions compared to controls.

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2024. , p. 28
Keywords [en]
Decision-making, moral, utilitarian, ventromedial prefrontal cortex
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Neurosciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-24138OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-24138DiVA, id: diva2:1880775
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Neuroscience - Neuropsychology and Consciousness Studies
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Available from: 2024-07-02 Created: 2024-07-02 Last updated: 2024-07-02Bibliographically approved

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