Unequal healthcare funding provokes 'moral disgust,' pioneering brain scan research shows

Areas of the brain associated with social and moral disgust are triggered when healthcare funding is split unequally, researchers have found. The anterior insula is involved in processing humans' sense of physical disgust -- like when we are exposed to foul smells or unpleasant images -- but is also triggered when we feel a strong sense of moral outrage -- for example, at the perceived breach of social or ethical norms.

from Today's Healthcare News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1fpDdJr