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https://news.mit.edu/2010/moral-control-0330

"Moral judgments can be altered ... by magnets

By disrupting brain activity in a particular region, neuroscientists can sway peopleโ€™s views of moral situations.

To make moral judgments about other people, we often need to infer their intentions โ€” an ability known as โ€œtheory of mind.โ€ For example, if one hunter shoots another while on a hunting trip, we need to know what the shooter was thinking: Was he secretly jealous, or did he mistake his fellow hunter for an animal?

MIT neuroscientists have now shown they can influence those judgments by interfering with activity in a specific brain region โ€” a finding that helps reveal how the brain constructs morality.

Previous studies have shown that a brain region known as the right temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) is highly active when we think about other peopleโ€™s intentions, thoughts and beliefs. In the new study, the researchers disrupted activity in the right TPJ by inducing a current in the brain using a magnetic field applied to the scalp. They found that the subjectsโ€™ ability to make moral judgments that require an understanding of other peopleโ€™s intentions โ€” for example, a failed murder attempt โ€” was impaired. ..."

Linksource: B. Fulford