Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: moral behavior http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Ethicists' behavior not more moral, study finds (Medical Xpress)—Do ethicists engage in better moral behavior than other professors? The answer is no. Nor are they more likely than nonethicists to act according to values they espouse, according to researchers from the University of California, Riverside and Stetson University in Florida. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-ethicists-behavior-moral.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 22 May 2013 07:50:49 EST news288427838 'Moral realism' may lead to better moral behavior Getting people to think about morality as a matter of objective facts rather than subjective preferences may lead to improved moral behavior, Boston College researchers report in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-moral-realism-behavior.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:55:35 EST news278682924 The brain co-opts the body to promote pro-social behavior The human brain may simulate physical sensations to prompt introspection, capitalizing on moments of high emotion to promote moral behavior, according to a USC researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-brain-co-opts-body-pro-social-behavior.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:31:12 EST news229257057 Different views of God may influence academic cheating Belief in God doesn't deter a person from cheating on a test, unless that God is seen as a mean, punishing one, researchers say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-views-god-academic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:09:43 EST news222509358