Facial emotion recognition in intellectual disabilities

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-444

  Zaja, Rebecca H ^a   Rojahn, Johannes ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Emotion recognition; Facial processing; Intellectual disability; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; AUTISM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL RETARDATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 52449102240     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328305e5fd     Document Type: Review

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