Investigation of the reliability of the "reading the mind in the eyes test" in a Turkish population

Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-186

  Yildirim, Ejder Akgün ^a   Kaşar, Muzaffer ^a   Güdük, Mehmet ^b   Ateş, Elif ^a   Küçükparlak, Ilker ^b   Ozalmete, Erdem Onur ^c  

^a Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry Neurology and Neurosurgery   (Turkey)

^b Kars State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Silvan State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cognition; Motion; Reliability; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORY OF MIND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THEORY OF MIND; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355182452     PISSN: 13002163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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