Emotional responses to odors in children with high-functioning autism: Autonomic arousal, facial behavior and self-report

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 869-879

  Legiša, Jasna ^a,b,c,d   Messinger, Daniel S ^e   Kermol, Enzo ^a,b   Marlier, Luc ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Centro Ricerca FACS   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autonomic system; Emotion; Facial expression; Olfaction; Self report

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ODOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STIMULATION; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; SMELL;

EID: 84879463708     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1629-2     Document Type: Article

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