Perception of basic emotions from speech prosody in adolescents with Asperger's syndrome

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 113-120

  Heikkinen, Jenna ^a   Jansson Verkasalo, Eira ^a,b   Toivanen, Juhani ^a,c   Suominen, Kalervo ^b   Väyrynen, Eero ^a   Moilanen, Irma ^b   Seppänen, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Basic emotions; Emotional prosody; Recognition; Speech prosody

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956919563     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14015430903311184     Document Type: Article

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