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Moral Emotions

Moral Emotions is a category of affective responses that belong to the broader class of emotions and are distinguished by their specific elicitation in moral contexts, typically involving evaluations of right and wrong, praise or blame, and the welfare of others.

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Moral Emotion

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An fMRI Investigation of Emotional Engagement in Moral Judgment

Joshua D. Greene, R. Brian Sommerville, Leigh E. Nystrom et al. · Science · 2001 · 4.6K citations

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Negativity Bias, Negativity Dominance, and Contagion

Paul Rozin, Edward B. Royzman · Personality and Social Psychology Review · 2001 · 4.3K citations

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II.—WHAT IS AN EMOTION ?

William James · Mind · 1884 · 3.3K citations

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Moral Emotions and Moral Behavior

June P. Tangney, Jeff Stuewig, Debra Mashek · Annual Review of Psychology · 2006 · 3.1K citations

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The Neural Bases of Cognitive Conflict and Control in Moral Judgment

Joshua D. Greene, Leigh E. Nystrom, Andrew D. Engell et al. · Neuron · 2004 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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  1. TM
    Tina Malti

    University of Toronto, Canada

    30 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. LY
    Liane Young

    Boston College, United States

    23 publications · 3.5K citations

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  3. NE
    Nancy Eisenberg

    Arizona State University, United States

    20 publications · 6K citations

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  4. TK
    Tobias Krettenauer

    Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. JD
    Jean Decety

    University of Chicago, United States

    22 publications · 3.5K citations

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  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    37 h-index

    159 publications

    13K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    37 h-index

    79 publications

    11.8K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    35 h-index

    77 publications

    20.8K citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    31 h-index

    71 publications

    9.8K citations

  5. Tilburg University

    Tilburg, The Netherlands

    30 h-index

    68 publications

    8.3K citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    29 h-index

    60 publications

    6.4K citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    28 h-index

    78 publications

    8.8K citations

  8. New York University

    New York, United States

    27 h-index

    46 publications

    6K citations

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    80 publications · 26.4K citations

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 56 publications · 7.5K citations

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  3. Emotion

    59 publications · 6.1K citations

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  4. Cognition & Emotion

    53 publications · 5.4K citations

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  5. Journal of Moral Education

    76 publications · 4.5K citations

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