Understanding of emotional experience in autism: Insights from the personal accounts of high-functioning children with autism

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 809-818

  Losh, Molly ^a,c   Capps, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Child development; Emotion; Emotional experiences; Emotional understanding; Evocative encounters; Language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTUITION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INTUITION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; SICK ROLE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33748799681     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.5.809     Document Type: Review

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