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methodologicaldifficultiesconnectedwiththeneuroscienceofself-
consciousness.
IntheirpaperSelf-Deception.BetweenPhilosophyandCognitive
Neuroscien
ce,MateuszHoholandPiotrUrbańczykindicatehowthe
empiricalinvestigationsonself-deceptionareconnectedwiththe
philosophicalquestionspertainingtothisissue.Theyarguethatthe
mainpointinthephilosophicaldebateonself-deceptioniswhether
self-deceptionisintentionalornot,andunderscoresomedifficulties
connectedwithbothviews.Inthesecondpartofthepaper,three
modelsofself-deceptionareproposed:thecomputational,the
evolutionary,andtheembodied.HoholandUrbańczykarguethat
intentionalistapproachestoself-deceptionaremorecoherentwith
theembodiedmodelofthephenomenon.However,theanti-
intentionalistconceptualizationscanstillbeusefulinempirical
investigationsoftheproblem.
InTheNeurobiologyofDepressionJerzyVetulanioutlinesthe
resultsofempiricalresearchondepression.Hepointsoutthe
importantfactorscorrelatedwiththisphenomenon,underliningthe
roleofneurotransmitters(e.g.monoamineneurotransmitters),stress
(includingneonatalstress)andchangesinbrainstructure(suchas
decreaseinthevolumeoffrontalcortex).Despitethegrowingbody
ofknowledgeconcerningdepression,Vetulaniclaimsthatthe
neurobiologicalprocessesunderlyingthisdiseasearestillpoorly
understood.
Thesubsequentpaper,TheMoralBrain:IsThereaLinkBetween
NeurobiologyandMorality?,byDominikaDudek,RafałJaeschke
andMarcinSiwek,aimsatidentifyingtheneuralunderpinningsof
morality.Inthefirstpart,theyindicatethedifficultieswiththe
conceptualizationofthemaincategorieswithinmorality,aswellas
therelativecharacterofmoralvalenceofaction.Afterclarifying
somekeynotions,Dudek,JaeschkeandSiwekmakeanattemptto
answerthequestionofwhetherneurosciencecanprovideuswithan
explanationofmorallyvalentbehaviour.Asurveyofempirical
