Performance on a face perception task is associated with empathy quotient scores, but not systemizing scores or participant sex

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2229-2236

  Penton Voak, Ian S ^a   Allen, Timothy ^a   Morrison, Edward R ^a   Gralewski, Lisa ^a   Campbell, Neill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empathizing; Face perception; Systemizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548841413     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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