Moral decision-making and theory of mind in patients with idiopathic parkinson's disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 562-572

  Rosen, Jan B ^a   Brand, Matthias ^b,c   Polzer, Christin ^b   Ebersbach, Georg ^d   Kalbe, Elke ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

^d Fachkrankenhaus für Bewegungsstörungen/Parkinson ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrodermal skin conductance responses; Executive functions; Moral decision making; Parkinson's disease; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

AFFECT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; PARKINSON DISEASE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84884319543     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033595     Document Type: Article

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