Autonomic responses to social and nonsocial pictures in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-27

  Louwerse, Anneke ^a,b   Tulen, Joke H M ^c   van der Geest, Jos N ^c   van der Ende, Jan ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Greaves Lord, Kirstin ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Yulius Mental Health Institute   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective pictures; Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Autonomic responses; Heart rate; Skin conductance level; Subjective ratings

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE PICTURES; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD); AUTONOMIC RESPONSES; HEART RATE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE LEVEL; SUBJECTIVE RATINGS;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FIXATION, OCULAR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84894362885     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1327     Document Type: Article

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