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Tan, Enda; Mikami, Amori Y.; Luzhanska, Anastasiya; Hamlin, J. Kiley – Child Development, 2021
The current study examined relations between distinct aspects of moral functioning, and their cognitive and emotional correlates, in preschool age children. Participants were 171 typically developing 3- to 6-year-olds. Each child completed several tasks, including (a) moral tasks assessing both performance of various moral actions and evaluations…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Response, Preschool Children
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Preston, Jesse Lee; Ritter, Ryan S.; Hepler, Justin – Cognition, 2013
The development of fMRI techniques has generated a boom of neuroscience research across the psychological sciences, and revealed neural correlates for many psychological phenomena seen as central to the human experience (e.g., morality, agency). Meanwhile, the rise of neuroscience has reignited old debates over mind-body dualism and the soul.…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Research, Moral Values, Human Body
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Zalla, Tiziana; Barlassina, Luca; Buon, Marine; Leboyer, Marion – Cognition, 2011
The ability of a group of adults with high functioning autism (HFA) or Asperger Syndrome (AS) to distinguish moral, conventional and disgust transgressions was investigated using a set of six transgression scenarios, each of which was followed by questions about permissibility, seriousness, authority contingency and justification. The results…
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Value Judgment, Moral Development