Evidence for a dissociation between moral reasoning and moral decision-making in Tourette syndrome.
Tourette syndrome
moral decision-making
moral reasoning inhibitory control
Journal
Journal of neuropsychology
ISSN: 1748-6653
Titre abrégé: J Neuropsychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101468753
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Oct 2023
03 Oct 2023
Historique:
revised:
11
07
2023
received:
05
12
2022
accepted:
22
09
2023
medline:
4
10
2023
pubmed:
4
10
2023
entrez:
4
10
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Despite the growing interest on how Tourette syndrome (TS) affects social cognition skills, this field remains to date relatively under-explored. Here, we aim to advance knowledge on the topic by studying moral decision-making and moral reasoning in a group of adolescents with TS and a group of healthy controls. Overall, we found higher endorsement (i.e. a greater 'yes' response rate) for utilitarian solutions of incidental and instrumental moral dilemmas in TS compared to controls. By contrast, we reported an overall higher tendency of TS individuals to apply principles described in the moral foundation questionnaire to establish whether something is morally right or wrong. Our results document intact moral reasoning in TS and suggest that a deficit in suppressing inappropriate behaviours and/or altered sense of agency might be responsible for their higher utilitarian moral decision-making.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Neuropsychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The British Psychological Society.
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