Al design. Subjects were presented with each scenario over two Elbasvir chemical information screens, the first describing the scenario and the second posing a question about their response to it. Subjects were required to select yes or no to make a choice. A BX795 side effects fixation cross was presented for 2 s at the start of each trial. (b) Difficulty ratings from the subjects completing the fMRI study revealed that the categories Difficult/Easy and Moral/Non-Moral were controlled and matched across condition as rated on a five-point Likert scale.proportion of responses was between 0.45 and 0.55 on the binary choice). In contrast, we defined easy scenarios as those where there was a strong consensus (either >0.80 or <0.20). For these retained scenarios, we then examined participants' actual difficulty ratings. Scenarios that consistently (!80 of the time) received high ratings of `difficulty' (four or five on our five-point scale) or high ratings of `easy' (one or two on the scale) were categorized as Difficult or Easy scenarios, respectively. This gave us 24 scenarios in the final set, 6 in each of our four categories (difficulty scores for each category: DM mean 3.2, s.d. ?.71; DNM 2.9, s.d. ?.70; EM 1.2, s.d. ?.28; ENM mean 1.3, s.d. ?.35). Of these 24, 6 came from the stimulus set drawn from the existing literature (Greene et al., 2001) and a further 18 came from our supplementary set. We then carried out a number of additional checks of potential between-category differences that we felt might drive behavioral and neural responses in our study. Consequently, we had a subset of the subjects (n ?15) rate each scenario on four further dimensions, all on five-point Likert scales. These comprised: (i) How much effort is required to complete the action resulting from your decision?; (ii) How much effort is required to weigh up each aspect/component of this scenario?; (iii) How many aspects/components did you consider when making your decision? and (iv) How emotionally involving is this scenario? We wanted to ensure that the two sets of Difficult scenarios were rated as more effortful and complex (ratings, 1, 2 and 3) than the two sets of Easy scenarios, but that there were no differences on these ratings within the Difficult and Easy pairings. The data showed that this was the case [main effects of difficulty for the ratings 1, 2 and 3 (Fs > 49.74, Ps < 0.000), but no effects of difficulty within the pairings]. We also wanted to verify that the two sets of Moral scenarios were rated as more emotive (as we would predict) than the two sets of Non-Moral scenarios (as was the case, t ??3.37; P < 0.001; paired samples t-test, two-tailed), but that there were no differences within either the Moral or Non-Moral pairings (paired ts < 0.18) importantly illustrating that the difficult and easy scenarios in the moral and non-moral domains were matched on how emotionally involving they were. Finally, we ensured that the stimuli were matched for word length across categories [(F(3,20) ?0.51, P ?0.68); DM wordcount (mean 86.3, s.d. ?5.3); EM word count (mean 92.0, s.d. ?0.1); DNM word count (mean 90.2, s.d. ?8.6) and ENM word count (mean 79.3, s.d. ?.7)]. Functional MRI procedure Within the scanner, subjects were presented with the 24 written scenarios. We structured our task using an event-related design, which closely mimicked past fMRI designs within this literature (Greene et al., 2001). Scenarios were randomly presented in a series of four blocks with six trials (scenarios) per block. Eac.Al design. Subjects were presented with each scenario over two screens, the first describing the scenario and the second posing a question about their response to it. Subjects were required to select yes or no to make a choice. A fixation cross was presented for 2 s at the start of each trial. (b) Difficulty ratings from the subjects completing the fMRI study revealed that the categories Difficult/Easy and Moral/Non-Moral were controlled and matched across condition as rated on a five-point Likert scale.proportion of responses was between 0.45 and 0.55 on the binary choice). In contrast, we defined easy scenarios as those where there was a strong consensus (either >0.80 or <0.20). For these retained scenarios, we then examined participants' actual difficulty ratings. Scenarios that consistently (!80 of the time) received high ratings of `difficulty' (four or five on our five-point scale) or high ratings of `easy' (one or two on the scale) were categorized as Difficult or Easy scenarios, respectively. This gave us 24 scenarios in the final set, 6 in each of our four categories (difficulty scores for each category: DM mean 3.2, s.d. ?.71; DNM 2.9, s.d. ?.70; EM 1.2, s.d. ?.28; ENM mean 1.3, s.d. ?.35). Of these 24, 6 came from the stimulus set drawn from the existing literature (Greene et al., 2001) and a further 18 came from our supplementary set. We then carried out a number of additional checks of potential between-category differences that we felt might drive behavioral and neural responses in our study. Consequently, we had a subset of the subjects (n ?15) rate each scenario on four further dimensions, all on five-point Likert scales. These comprised: (i) How much effort is required to complete the action resulting from your decision?; (ii) How much effort is required to weigh up each aspect/component of this scenario?; (iii) How many aspects/components did you consider when making your decision? and (iv) How emotionally involving is this scenario? We wanted to ensure that the two sets of Difficult scenarios were rated as more effortful and complex (ratings, 1, 2 and 3) than the two sets of Easy scenarios, but that there were no differences on these ratings within the Difficult and Easy pairings. The data showed that this was the case [main effects of difficulty for the ratings 1, 2 and 3 (Fs > 49.74, Ps < 0.000), but no effects of difficulty within the pairings]. We also wanted to verify that the two sets of Moral scenarios were rated as more emotive (as we would predict) than the two sets of Non-Moral scenarios (as was the case, t ??3.37; P < 0.001; paired samples t-test, two-tailed), but that there were no differences within either the Moral or Non-Moral pairings (paired ts < 0.18) importantly illustrating that the difficult and easy scenarios in the moral and non-moral domains were matched on how emotionally involving they were. Finally, we ensured that the stimuli were matched for word length across categories [(F(3,20) ?0.51, P ?0.68); DM wordcount (mean 86.3, s.d. ?5.3); EM word count (mean 92.0, s.d. ?0.1); DNM word count (mean 90.2, s.d. ?8.6) and ENM word count (mean 79.3, s.d. ?.7)]. Functional MRI procedure Within the scanner, subjects were presented with the 24 written scenarios. We structured our task using an event-related design, which closely mimicked past fMRI designs within this literature (Greene et al., 2001). Scenarios were randomly presented in a series of four blocks with six trials (scenarios) per block. Eac.