Abstract #3695

Neural Correlates of Altruistic and Deontological Guilt: An FMRI Investigation in Healthy Individuals

Barbara Basile^1,2, Marco Bozzali³, Emiliano Macaluso³, Francesco Mancini²

¹Neuroimaging Laboratory , Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Italy; ²School of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Rome, Italy, Italy; ³Neuroimaging Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Italy

The neuroanatomical correlates of basic emotions have been largely investigated using functional MRI (fMRI).Guilt is a very relevant social emotion, which is involved in everyday life situations. Recently, deontological guilt and altruistic guilt have been differently characterized.