Facial emotion recognition and visual search strategies of children with high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 833-844

  Leung, Denise ^a   Ordqvist, Anna ^b   Falkmer, Torbjorn ^a,b,c,d   Parsons, Richard ^a   Falkmer, Marita ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotion recognition; Eye tracking; Fixation durations; Fixations; Socialisation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTION RECOGNITION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIES; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURPRISE;

EID: 84877772034     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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