Visual search for basic emotional expressions in autism; Impaired processing of anger, fear and sadness, but a typical happy face advantage

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 455-462

  Farran, Emily K ^a   Branson, Amanda ^b   King, Ben J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Emotion; Face processing; Visual search

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 77957326880     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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