Callous-Unemotional Traits Moderate Anticipated Guilt and Wrongness Judgments to Everyday Moral Transgressions in Adolescents

Callous-unemotional (CU) traits observed during childhood and adolescence are thought to be precursors of psychopathic traits in adulthood.Adults with high levels of psychopathic traits typically present antisocial behavior.Such behavior can be indicative of atypical moral processing.Evidence suggests that moral dysfunction in these individuals may

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On the Outer Balcony of the Ivory Tower

This column explores the parallels between contingent (i.e., non-tenure-track) faculty positions in academic departments and contingent librarian positions carlsbad crush in academic libraries, examining how issues of job security, professional identity, and institutional dynamics impact professionals across these roles.Drawing on personal experien

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Emotional Egocentricity Bias across the life-span

In our daily lives, we often have to quickly estimate the emotions of our conspecifics in order to have successful social interactions.While this estimation process seems quite easy when we are ourselves in a neutral or equivalent emotional state, it has recently been shown that in case of incongruent emotional states between ourselves and the othe

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Framework and implications of virtual neurorobotics

Despite decades of societal investment in artificial learning systems, truly “intelligent” systems have yet to be realized.These traditional models are based on input-output pattern optimization and/or cognitive production rule modeling.One response has been social robotics, using the interaction of human and robot to capture important

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