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Nature 446, 865-866 (19 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/446865a; Published online 18 April 2007

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Neurobiology: Feeling right about doing right

Deborah Talmi1 & Chris Frith1

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Reason and emotion come into conflict in making all kinds of judgements. Results of work with brain-damaged patients constitute one line of evidence that the emotional component is not to be dismissed.

In resolving moral dilemmas, should emotion be our guide? This is a question prompted by various research avenues, including work described in the paper by Koenigs et al.1 on page 908 of this issue.

  1. Deborah Talmi and Chris Frith are at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
    Email: cfrith@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk

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