Impaired theory of mind for moral judgment in high-functioning autism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2688-2692

  Moran, Joseph M ^a   Young, Liane L ^a   Saxe, Rebecca ^a   Lee, Su Mei ^a   O'Young, Daniel ^a   Mavros, Penelope L ^a   Gabrieli, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger disorder; Mentalizing; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79952598517     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011734108     Document Type: Article

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