Do the eyes have it? Inferring mental states from animated faces in autism

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 397-411

  Back, Elisa ^a,b   Ropar, Danielle ^b   Mitchell, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CULTURE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY;

EID: 33947542896     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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