Empathy Mediates the Effects of Age and Sex on Altruistic Moral Decision Making

Moral decision making involves affective and cognitive functions like emotional empathy, reasoning and cognitive empathy/theory of mind (ToM), which are discussed to be subject to age-related alterations. Additionally, sex differences in moral decision making have been reported. However, age-related...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rosen, Jan B., Brand, Matthias, Kalbe, Elke
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4828431/