Perception of emotions from facial expressions in high-functioning adults with autism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3313-3319

  Kennedy, Daniel P ^a,b   Adolphs, Ralph ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect recognition; Asperger's syndrome; Autism spectrum disorders; Facial affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMOTION PERCEPTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868322278     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.09.038     Document Type: Article

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