Facial emotion recognition in children with high functioning autism and children with social phobia

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 775-794

  Wong, Nina ^a   Beidel, Deborah C ^a   Sarver, Dustin E ^a   Sims, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial affect recognition; Facial emotion recognition; High functioning autism; Social phobia; Social skill deficits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84866236289     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-012-0296-z     Document Type: Article

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