Abstract #2765

Inferior parietal lobule controls moral thought-action fusion: an fMRI study

Eunji Kim¹, Sang Won Lee², Hyunsil Cha¹, Kyungeun Jang¹, Heajung Choi¹, Seungho Kim¹, Jinsu Park¹, Jiung Yang^1,3, Huijin Song⁴, Moon Jung Hwang⁵, Hui Joong Lee⁶, Seung Jae Lee², and Yongmin Chang^1,6

¹Department of Medical & Biological Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea, Republic of, ³Daegu Gyungpook Medical Innovation Foundation, Daegu, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Institue of Biomedical Engjneering Research, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of, ⁵GE Health Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of

Thought-action fusion (TAF) could make people feel that action to happen¹. We investigated the difference from control thinking and administration of electrical shocks to another person in healthy control with moral related TAF task by using fMRI. The inferior parietal lobule (IPL) activation showed a negative correlation with moral score in TAF among the activated regions from a shock factor. Therefore, when considering the functional role of IPL in making another have some irritation and the appropriate empathic response, such as mentalization, might have an important role in TAF related situation.

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