Are emotion impairments unique to, universal, or specific in autism spectrum disorder? A comprehensive review

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1042-1061

  Nuske, Heather J ^a   Vivanti, Giacomo ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Emotion; Empathy; Implicit processing; Mirror neuron system; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORY OF MIND;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84881662862     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.762900     Document Type: Article

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