Including emotionality in tests of competence: How does neurodiversity affect measures of free will and agency in medical decision making?

AJOB Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 27-36

  Mackenzie, Robin ^a   Watts, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emotion; Empathy; Free will; Law; Neuroethics; References

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960178095     PISSN: 21507740     EISSN: 21507759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2011.580491     Document Type: Article

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