Does gaze direction modulate facial expression processing in children with autism spectrum disorder?

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1134-1146

  Akechi, Hironori ^a   Senju, Atsushi ^b,e   Kikuchi, Yukiko ^a   Tojo, Yoshikuni ^c   Osanai, Hiroo ^d   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Musashino Higashi Gakuen ^*  (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; VISION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 67650594742     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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