Moral judgment in adults with autism spectrum disorders

Cognition

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-126

  Zalla, Tiziana ^a   Barlassina, Luca ^a,b   Buon, Marine ^c   Leboyer, Marion ^d  

^a INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive empathy; Disgust; High functioning autism; Rule transgressions; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; AUTISM; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79960921749     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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