Comments on: Hippocampus throughout the menstrual cycle http://brainethics.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/hippocampus-throughout-the-menstrual-cycle/ Consequences of Brain Science Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:19:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: japanese words http://brainethics.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/hippocampus-throughout-the-menstrual-cycle/#comment-32620 japanese words Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:09:09 +0000 http://brainethics.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-32620 This is something I am going to have to remember once a month. Sorry, I know you talked about jokes, but I couldn't help it. This is something I am going to have to remember once a month. Sorry, I know you talked about jokes, but I couldn’t help it.

]]> By: andrewhires http://brainethics.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/hippocampus-throughout-the-menstrual-cycle/#comment-32166 andrewhires Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:24:41 +0000 http://brainethics.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-32166 You have got to cover this paper http://neuron.org/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(08)00889-1 The Neural Correlates of Third-Party Punishment Buckholtz et al. Neuron, Volume 60, Issue 5, 930-940, 10 December 2008 Legal decision-making in criminal contexts includes two essential functions performed by impartial third parties: assessing responsibility and determining an appropriate punishment. To explore the neural underpinnings of these processes, we scanned subjects with fMRI while they determined the appropriate punishment for crimes that varied in perpetrator responsibility and crime severity. Activity within regions linked to affective processing (amygdala, medial prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortex) predicted punishment magnitude for a range of criminal scenarios. By contrast, activity in right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex distinguished between scenarios on the basis of criminal responsibility, suggesting that it plays a key role in third-party punishment. The same prefrontal region has previously been shown to be involved in punishing unfair economic behavior in two-party interactions, raising the possibility that the cognitive processes supporting third-party legal decision-making and second-party economic norm enforcement may be supported by a common neural mechanism in human prefrontal cortex. You have got to cover this paper

http://neuron.org/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(08)00889-1

The Neural Correlates of Third-Party Punishment
Buckholtz et al. Neuron, Volume 60, Issue 5, 930-940, 10 December 2008

Legal decision-making in criminal contexts includes two essential functions performed by impartial third parties: assessing responsibility and determining an appropriate punishment. To explore the neural underpinnings of these processes, we scanned subjects with fMRI while they determined the appropriate punishment for crimes that varied in perpetrator responsibility and crime severity. Activity within regions linked to affective processing (amygdala, medial prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortex) predicted punishment magnitude for a range of criminal scenarios. By contrast, activity in right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex distinguished between scenarios on the basis of criminal responsibility, suggesting that it plays a key role in third-party punishment. The same prefrontal region has previously been shown to be involved in punishing unfair economic behavior in two-party interactions, raising the possibility that the cognitive processes supporting third-party legal decision-making and second-party economic norm enforcement may be supported by a common neural mechanism in human prefrontal cortex.

]]> By: Erik http://brainethics.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/hippocampus-throughout-the-menstrual-cycle/#comment-31967 Erik Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:11:20 +0000 http://brainethics.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-31967 Hi Thomas, How do these changes affect mood? Erik. Hi Thomas,

How do these changes affect mood?

Erik.

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