Emotional modulation of perception in Asperger's Syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1072-1080

  Corden, Ben ^a,b   Chilvers, Rebecca ^a   Skuse, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Attentional blink; Autism; Emotion; Fear; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; MODULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 49949152329     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0485-y     Document Type: Article

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