Impaired recognition of emotions from body movements is associated with elevated motion coherence thresholds in autism spectrum disorders

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3023-3029

  Atkinson, Anthony P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Biological motion; Body movement; Emotion; Motion coherence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY MOVEMENT; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70249094942     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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