The impact of autism spectrum disorder and alexithymia on judgments of moral acceptability. / Brewer, Rebecca; Marsh, Abigail; Catmur, Caroline; Cardinale, Elise; Stoycos, Sarah; Cook, Richard; Bird, Geoffrey.

In: Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol. 124, No. 3, 08.2015, p. 589-595.

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The impact of autism spectrum disorder and alexithymia on judgments of moral acceptability. / Brewer, Rebecca; Marsh, Abigail; Catmur, Caroline; Cardinale, Elise; Stoycos, Sarah; Cook, Richard; Bird, Geoffrey.

In: Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol. 124, No. 3, 08.2015, p. 589-595.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Brewer, R, Marsh, A, Catmur, C, Cardinale, E, Stoycos, S, Cook, R & Bird, G 2015, 'The impact of autism spectrum disorder and alexithymia on judgments of moral acceptability', Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 124, no. 3, pp. 589-595. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000076

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Brewer, R., Marsh, A., Catmur, C., Cardinale, E., Stoycos, S., Cook, R., & Bird, G. (2015). The impact of autism spectrum disorder and alexithymia on judgments of moral acceptability. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124(3), 589-595. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000076

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Brewer R, Marsh A, Catmur C, Cardinale E, Stoycos S, Cook R et al. The impact of autism spectrum disorder and alexithymia on judgments of moral acceptability. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2015 Aug;124(3):589-595. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000076

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Brewer, Rebecca ; Marsh, Abigail ; Catmur, Caroline ; Cardinale, Elise ; Stoycos, Sarah ; Cook, Richard ; Bird, Geoffrey. / The impact of autism spectrum disorder and alexithymia on judgments of moral acceptability. In: Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2015 ; Vol. 124, No. 3. pp. 589-595.

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