Mind-reading in young adults with ASD: Does structure matter?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 905-918

  Ponnet, Koen ^a,b   Buysse, Ann ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a   De Clercq, Armand ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Empathic accuracy; Mind reading

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THINKING; VERBALIZATION; VIDEOTAPE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 42649131713     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0462-5     Document Type: Article

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