Young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder look differently at positive versus negative emotional faces

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 651-659

  de Wit, Tessa C J ^a,b   Falck Ytter, Terje ^c   von Hofsten, Claes ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Emotion perception; Face perception; Pervasive developmental disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOUTH; NOSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS;

EID: 51249106213     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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