Emotional representation in facial expression and script. A comparison between normal and autistic children

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-422

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Carrera, Alba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Emotion; Facial expressions; Script

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34249285124     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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