Laughter differs in children with autism: An acoustic analysis of laughs produced by children with and without the disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1392-1400

  Hudenko, William J ^a,b   Stone, Wendy ^a   Bachorowski, Jo Anne ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Affect; Autism; Emotion; Expression; Laughter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MALE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS;

EID: 70349591045     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0752-1     Document Type: Article

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