Abnormal use of facial information in high-functioning autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 929-939

  Spezio, Michael L ^a   Adolphs, Ralph ^a   Hurley, Robert S E ^b   Piven, Joseph ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bubbles; Emotion; Eyetracking; Facial information; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAZE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOUTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 34249096223     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0232-9     Document Type: Article

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