Doctor Who and the Neuroscience of Morality Malfunctions

Has the Doctor misplaced one of his hearts? The latest version of the lead character on "Doctor Who" seems short on empathy and he worries whether regeneration skewed his morality when it completely altered his body. Both neural manipulation and traumatic brain injury can alter real people's empathic and moral capabilities in terms of cognition, emotion, and compassion. read more
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Media Memory Neuroscience Personality alexithymia amnesia amnestic syndrome BBC brain injury Clara Clara Oswald cognitive empathy compassionate empathy Dalek Danny Pink deep breath delirium dementia doctor who Doctor Source Type: news