The 'reading the mind in films' task [child version]: Complex emotion and mental state recognition in children with and without autism spectrum conditions

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1534-1541

  Golan, Ofer ^a,c   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a   Golan, Yael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum; Childhood; Complex emotions; Emotion recognition; Empathy; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTISM; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 54749149499     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0533-7     Document Type: Article

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