Autism and the Extraction of Emotion From Briefly Presented Facial Expressions: Stumbling at the First Step of Empathy

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 803-809

  Clark, Tedra F ^a   Winkielman, Piotr ^b   McIntosh, Daniel N ^c  

^a Midcontinent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; emotion; empathy; faces

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249121919     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014124     Document Type: Article

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