Moral conviction interacts with metacognitive ability in modulating neural activity during sociopolitical decision-making
Qiongwen Cao,
Michael Stewart Cohen,
Akram Bakkour
et al.
Abstract:The extent to which a belief is rooted in one’s sense of morality has significant societal implications. While moral convictions can inspire positive collective action, they can also prompt dogmatism, intolerance, and societal divisions. These negative effects may be exacerbated by poor metacognition. There has been extensive research in social psychology about the characteristics of moral convictions, but their neural mechanisms and how they are incorporated into the valuation and decision-making process rema… Show more
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