Reaction time of facial affect recognition in Asperger's disorder for cartoon and real, static and moving faces

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-134

  Miyahara, Motohide ^a   Bray, Anne ^b   Tsujii, Masatsugu ^c   Fujita, Chikako ^c   Sugiyama, Toshiro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Donald Beasley Institute   (New Zealand)

^c CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Attention; Decoding; Facial affect recognition; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ART; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PREVALENCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; CARTOONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249785988     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-007-0048-7     Document Type: Article

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