Linking social behaviour and anxiety to attention to emotional faces in Williams syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4608-4616

  Kirk, Hannah E ^a   Hocking, Darren R ^a   Riby, Deborah M ^b   Cornish, Kim M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotional expressions; Eye gaze; Social responsiveness; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ANXIETY; EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS; EYE GAZE; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887616560     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.09.042     Document Type: Article

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