The perception and identification of facial emotions in individuals with autism spectrum disorders using the Let's Face It! Emotion Skills Battery

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1259-1267

  Tanaka, James W ^a   Wolf, Julie M ^b   Klaiman, Cheryl ^c   Koenig, Kathleen ^b   Cockburn, Jeffrey ^d   Herlihy, Lauren ^e   Brown, Carla ^b   Stahl, Sherin S ^b   South, Mikle ^f   McPartland, James C ^b   Kaiser, Martha D ^b   Schultz, Robert T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; computer based assessment; facial emotions; perceptual skills; social communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; STATISTICS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870234966     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02571.x     Document Type: Article

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