Reading faces for information about words and emotions in adolescents with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 681-695

  Grossman, Ruth B ^a   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Facial expressions; Implicit processing; Visual speech

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 51249102388     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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