http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Los Angeles, CA (JULY 28, 2011) How goods are traded, not just what is traded, is a principal consideration when deciding the legitimacy of a particular industry, according to a study recently published in Administrative Science Quarterly, a SAGE journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-key-moral-legitimacy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:40:01 EST news231074816 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 (Medical Xpress) -- Sleepiness negatively impacts mood and impairs the integration of emotion and cognition when making moral judgments, even to the extent of planning revenge, a UALR psychology professor said in a research abstract presented at the SLEEP 2011 conference in Minneapolis, Minn. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-sleepyheads-grumpy.html Health Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:17:20 EST news227870223 Moral responses change as people age says a new study from the University of Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-moral-responses-people-age.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:27:36 EST news226297633 (Medical Xpress) -- People's moral responses to similar situations change as they age, according to a new study at the University of Chicago that combined brain scanning, eye-tracking and behavioral measures to understand how the brain responds to morally laden scenarios. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-brain-circuitry-role-moral-sensitivity.html Neuroscience Fri, 27 May 2011 16:30:01 EST news225732393 Johns Hopkins University bioethicists say disaster-response planning has generally overlooked the special needs of people who suffer from pre-existing and serious mental conditions. Survivors already diagnosed with schizophrenia, dementia, addictions and bipolar disorder are vulnerable long before a disaster strikes, they point out. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-focus-mental-health-triage-disaster.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 23 May 2011 12:24:09 EST news225372225 The creation of a post-mortem tissue archive for a study of the human form of mad cow disease failed because of a "misguided" refusal by coroners to participate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-coroners-wrong-post-mortem-tissue-academics.html Health Mon, 09 May 2011 09:48:29 EST news224153282 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- At the April 4, 2011 annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society the subject of moral dilemmas and what people would really do was addressed. In a study presented by Oriel FeldmanHall of Cambridge University shows that when it comes to moral studies, hypothetical scenarios do not work to determine the complexities of what people’s real decisions would be. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-people-money.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:40:01 EST news221454423