A special part of the brain prevents people to give up the deep convictions

The deepest convictions of man - his religion, national identity and a code of ethics - a special area of ​​the brain are processed, as opposed to the lesser of the principles on which, in principle, a man ready to give up under pressure or with the appropriate financial reward.

This is the researchers report in an article published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the RIA-Novosti reported.

Gregory Berns of Emory University in Atlanta ( USA) and colleagues developed a technique for studying how the brain processes the deep conviction.
They recruited 32 volunteers, the state of the brain are observed using functional magnetic resonance imaging.

At this time, volunteers were to look at the computer display, which displays approval, which could agree or disagree by clicking on a button on the remote.

These statements related to the individual volunteer: some of them were innocuous, like ...
After completing the computer survey comes in the scientists - they offered to participate in the experiment to abandon its previous approval.
For the signature to ...

... If the person refused to take money for a change of opinion, we considered the statement ... But if he was ...

After that, scientists have studied the pictures and noted ones tomography of the brain that are particularly active during the rejection of bribes. It turned out that this decision involved the left side of the temporo- parietal cortex of the node and the left hemisphere.

It is believed that the first region is responsible for evaluating the morality of the action, ie, whether a particular action is ... The second region of the brain involved in the maintenance of discipline and attention.

Researchers have noted that areas of the brain associated with anticipation and rewards, were not active during the ... The situation is reversed in those cases where the volunteers changed their minds and took the money.

In addition, activity in the centers of the ...

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