Can Twitter Make You Amoral? Rapid-fire Media May Confuse Your Moral Compass
Monday, April 13, 2009 - 21:28
in Psychology & Sociology
In one of the first brain studies of "higher" emotions like empathy and morality, neuroscientists find that such emotions are evoked slowly. The authors suggest that the speed of digital media culture may complicate the development of these emotions, which brain imaging shows to be deeply rooted in the body.