Jeffrey Kluger's 2007 article focuses on the neurological functions that affect human being behavior. From childhood, humans are taught right from wrong, but they exemplify good and bad behavior to both extremities. There are some who will remove their own organs and donate them to others and some who spend almost all their lives working to slaughter an entire population. Kluger explains that a person's decision to do something good or bad is based on empathy, that humans tend not to do bad to those they sympathize or care about and that someone's culture and community can also influence their decision to do something wrong because humans do not want to be shunned from their commonwealth. Humans do not feel as obligated to act morally correct to those they may not feel a connection to or do not care about.
Morality researchers did a study asking people what they would do if put in a situation where they were able to save multiple people's lives at the expense of one person's life and watched the person's brain as they were asked the question. They found that activity increased in the brain between the areas associated with emotion and the part associated with making sensible decisions. This caused the people to make irrational decisions. They also observed that damage to the brain also caused humans to have bad behavior. Researchers are now working to figure out, by observing the brain, how and why we make the decision to do what is morally incorrect.
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This is a very interesting article. It's interesting how scientists can see exactly how people react to a certain question in their mind, and then see if their physical reaction is any different.
An amusing topic. Yet, the most compelling thought, is attempting to understand the complete function of the brain and our physiological dependency to carryout our quotidian duties. Although, empathy sustains a much more colossal influence on behavior, social interaction and physical capabilities, individually. You can grasp this concept much more clear, when you examine opposite sex dating. A male who has a rigid mutual relationship with a preexisting woman in his life (i.e mother), will have a more sociable and possibly more successful relationship with another female, because of the unvalued social experience acquired through his life exposure to women (again mom). This is just a simple analysis, but you could continue all night, expanding on the same ideas, not alone the other concepts But, again, good article.
Well done Imogene- however, remember and pass the word that you must leave an application and clarification question at the end of your snopsis so that fellow readers of the same article will have something to which to respond. Please pass this on!
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This article is very interesting and I think that a lot of people maybe interested in the topic. I think that most people do wonder why people behave badly. It excites me to know that doctors may be able to explain why people behave good and why they behave bad.
This is an interesting article and it is exciting to think about how scientist can see peoples reaction by onserving their brain. This article seems very you imogene. But it is really good it surprised that I was actually interested and enjoyed reading this article lol. I might even look up related articles so I can read some more
this is a very interesting article that you found. It´s was very intriging, and fascinating how doctors can see how someone would react to a question. Though what it says is true people behave a certain way depending how they grew up, the morals they had, their ethnicity can count, as well as their religion, who they hang out with most importnatnly and the kind of environment they had as they grew up, the way their parents treated them, and the kind of situation their in that makes them decide the decisions that they took.
it´s good to know though, that now doctors have done some research on the topic to help us understand how the human body works and everything. Thouh it´s kind of scary at the same time to know how much science has advanced or evolved.
This is a good article. It is very fascinating to know that you can see how someone reacts to a question by looking at their brains. Some people do react to certain things based on other people.
Imo im feelign this article. Its crazy how scientist can see how us as humans react to certain questions and their physical give off isnt different.
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