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Hypnotic Disgust Makes Moral Judgments More Severe
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Highly hypnotizable participants were given a posthypnotic suggestion to feel a flash of disgust whenever they read an arbitrary word. They were then asked to rate moral transgressions described in vignettes that either did or did not include the disgust-inducing word. Two studies show that moral judgments can be made more severe by the presence of a flash of disgust. These findings suggest that moral judgments may be grounded in affectively laden moral intuitions.
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- Authors
- Wheatley, T., & Haidt, J.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Science
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- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-10
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 780-784
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
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- W2129270050
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- 851
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- 21
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- 8.07
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- journal article
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- en
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- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
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- John Templeton Foundation
- National Institutes of Health (1r03da012606-01)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (1-RO3-DA12606-01)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Keywords
- disgust, moral judgment, posthypnotic suggestion, hypnotic susceptibility, moral intuitions, emotional processing, moral transgression, emotions and morality
- MeSH terms
- Emotions, Female, Humans, Hypnosis, Judgment, Male, Morals, Social Behavior
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