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Warum lohnt sich der Blick ins Gehirn?

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Jahrtausendelang wurde darüber spekuliert, was das menschliche Verhalten verursacht. Unterschiedliche Richtungen der Psychologie haben dazu viele Mutmaßungen entwickelt. Neues Licht in dieses Dunkel bringt die Gehirnforschung. Sie untersucht über die Spekulationen hinaus, wo im Gehirn Bereiche aktiv werden und welche Prozesse ablaufen, wenn eine Person zu einem bestimmten Verhalten motiviert wird.

Dabei zeigt sich, dass unser Gehirn die Welt um uns dauernd bewertet, bewusst und noch viel häufiger blitzschnell, automatisch und unbewusst. Viele solche Bewertungsprozesse, auch Ergebnisse des Kampfes zwischen konkurrierenden Zielen und Motiven, bringen uns dann dazu, etwas zu tun oder zu lassen.

Sorgfältig-bewusste Entscheidungen, auch moralischer oder politischer Art, sind selten. Dabei sind zahlreiche Gehirnbereiche tätig, es gibt keine oberste Zentralinstanz für wertgebundene, moralische und politische Entscheidungen.

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Wahl, K. (2015). Warum lohnt sich der Blick ins Gehirn?. In: Wie kommt die Moral in den Kopf?. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55407-0_3

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