Rebecca Saxe, PhD [1], Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, did a wonderful talk about the behavior of kids in a moral riddle. She shows in this talk how kids learn the ability to read peoples mind and that the body builds this ability by creating a special area in the brain. It is very impressive to see that actually some people are simple not able to judge “correctly” because the brain is not capable to do it. Will we ever call this morally handicapped? I do not know.
It is a 16 min Video, that is worth to see and watch till the end. The interview is also amazing.
[1] http://bcs.mit.edu/people/saxe.html
[2] Picture from http://bcs.mit.edu/people/saxe.html
You’ve got to love TED talks - what a great resource.
Interesting talk.
Speaking of brains, here’s another resource:
http://www.g2conline.org/867
Guess the emotion of the face a little test - like matching game. And if you are a Dr Who fan, there’s a surprise - oh no I mean “relief”.