Callous-unemotional traits are related to combined deficits in recognizing afraid faces and body poses

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 554-562

  Muñoz, Luna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Callous unemotional traits; Emotion recognition; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAIT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 67650330415     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31819c2419     Document Type: Article

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