Young Humeans: The role of emotions in children's evaluation of moral reasoning abilities

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-39

  Danovitch, Judith H ^a,b   Keil, Frank C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 37249083497     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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