Transforming the Unseen: Diminishing Negative Emotions Alters Implicit Moral Attitudes Without Affecting Subjective Moral Judgments or Justice Sensitivity
Chenyi Chen,
Róger Marcelo Martinez,
Yang-Teng Fan
et al.
Abstract:Moral attitudes and evaluations were once considered to emerge solely from rational thought. Nevertheless, recent neuropsychological studies show that these moral attributes are significantly influenced by emotion, particularly negative emotionality. Further psychopharmacological research has observed that GABAergic agonists are capable of influencing moral decision-making by modifying anxiety-related emotional negativity and/or through cognitive modulation. The aim of this double-blind, crossover design, plac… Show more
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