The relationship between moral judgment and cooperation in children with high-functioning autism

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Jing ^a   Zhu, Liqi ^a   Gummerum, Michaela ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS;

EID: 84896748732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04314     Document Type: Article

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