Electromyographic Responses to Emotional Facial Expressions in 6–7 Year Olds with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 354-362

  Deschamps, P K H ^a,d   Coppes, L ^b   Kenemans, J L ^c   Schutter, D J L G ^c   Matthys, W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ASD; Children; Emotional responsiveness; Facial mimicry

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84880390600     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1890-z     Document Type: Article

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