Measuring the effects of alexithymia on perception of emotional vocalizations in autistic spectrum disorder and typical development

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2453-2459

  Heaton, P ^a   Reichenbacher, L ^a   Sauter, D ^a   Allen, R ^a   Scott, S ^a   Hill, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; autism; emotional vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTISM; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870018763     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712000621     Document Type: Article

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