Recognition of emotional and nonemotional facial expressions: A comparison between Williams syndrome and autism

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 976-985

  Lacroix, Agnès ^a   Guidetti, Michèle ^b   Rogé, Bernadette ^b   Reilly, Judy ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^b Université de Toulouse II Le Mirail   (France)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Emotion; Social cognition; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 64649087511     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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