Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Sacred Values and Vulnerability to Violent Extremism

Violent extremism is often explicitly motivated by commitment to abstract ideals such as the nation or divine law—so-called “sacred” values that are relatively insensitive to material incentives and define our primary reference groups. Moreover, extreme pro-group behavior seems to intensify after so...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Clara Pretus, Nafees Hamid, Hammad Sheikh, Jeremy Ginges, Adolf Tobeña, Richard Davis, Oscar Vilarroya, Scott Atran
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Subjects:	sacred values will to fight social exclusion Cyberball neuroimaging fMRI
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02462/full