Emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum disorders: Relations to eye gaze and autonomic state

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-370

  Bal, Elgiz ^a   Harden, Emily ^a   Lamb, Damon ^a,b   Van Hecke, Amy Vaughan ^a,c   Denver, John W ^a,d   Porges, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Emotion recognition; Eye gaze; Polyvagal Theory; RSA; Social engagement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GAZE; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77549084692     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0884-3     Document Type: Article

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