Reading mind from pictures of eyes: Theory of mind, language ability, general intellectual ability, and autism

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 64-70

  Senju, Atsushi ^a   Tojo, Yoshikuni ^b   Konno, Michiko ^c   Dairoku, Hitoshi ^d   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c Shirayuri University   (Japan)

^d Faculty of Human Studies   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavioral deficit; Intelligence quotient; Theory of mind; Verbal ability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036527790     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.73.64     Document Type: Article

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