Listeners prefer the laughs of children with autism to those of typically developing children

Autism

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 641-655

  Hudenko, William J ^a   Magenheimer, Michael A ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; autism; emotion; laughs; laughter; perception

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868636022     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361311402856     Document Type: Article

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