Guilt in the body and brain : a psychophysiological and neuroimaging investigation

Guilt has been described as a quintessential moral emotion with an important regulatory function for the individual and society. Few studies have, however, empirically investigated guilt, largely because of challenges associated with its real-time elicitation. I aimed to elucidate the physiological and neural correlates of guilt by developing two novel emotion elicitation paradigms.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Fourie, Melike Marethe

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Thomas, Kevin

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10483

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10483