The role of social cognition in moral judgment in frontotemporal dementia

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-122

  Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel ^a   Torralva, Teresa ^b   Roca, María ^b   Pose, Mariángeles ^b   Manes, Facundo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE NEUROLOGY INECO   (Argentina)

^b FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Empathy; Frontotemporal dementia; Moral judgment; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79952501550     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2010.506751     Document Type: Article

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