Empathic accuracy in adults with a pervasive developmental disorder during an unstructured conversation with a typically developing stranger

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 585-600

  Ponnet, Koen ^a   Buysse, Ann ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a   De Corte, Kim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autism; Empathic accuracy; PDD; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PERSPECTIVE TAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THINKING; VERBALIZATION; VIDEORECORDING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; CHILD; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33644946095     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-005-0003-z     Document Type: Article

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