Moral understanding in children with autism

Autism

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-331

  Grant, Cathy M ^a,e   Boucher, Jill ^b   Riggs, Kevin J ^c   Grayson, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Mental state understanding; Moral understanding

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; MORALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 21744460984     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361305055418     Document Type: Article

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