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Cortex Brain Injury Affects Empathy & Morality
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/science/22brain.html
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20 months, 3 weeks, 1 day, 5 hours agoThe finding could have implications for legal cases. Jurors have reduced sentences based on brain-imaging results showing damage. The new study focused on six patients who had suffered damage to the ventromedial area from an aneurysm or a tumor. The cortex is the thick outer wrapping of the brain, where the distinctly human, mostly conscious functions of thinking and language reside. “Ventral” means “underneath,” and “medial” means “near the middle.” The area in adults is about th
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