Typical emotion processing for cartoon but not for real faces in children with autistic spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 919-925

  Rosset, Delphine B ^a,b   Rondan, Cécilie ^a,c   Da Fonseca, David ^b   Santos, Andreia ^a   Assouline, Brigitte ^c   Deruelle, Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^c Centre Alpin de Diagnostic Précoce de l'Autisme   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; Cartoon; Children; Emotional expressions; Face; Inversion effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 42649084693     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0465-2     Document Type: Article

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