Who cares? Revisiting empathy in Asperger syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 709-715

  Rogers, Kimberley ^a   Dziobek, Isabel ^a   Hassenstab, Jason ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^b   Convit, Antonio ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Empathy; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL REACTIVITY INDEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34147185199     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0197-8     Document Type: Article

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