Can children with autism read emotions from the eyes? The Eyes Test revisited

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1015-1026

  Franco, Fabia ^a   Itakura, Shoji ^b   Pomorska, Krystyna ^c   Abramowski, Anna ^d   Nikaido, Kozue ^a   Dimitriou, Dagmara ^e  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASD; Developmental disorders; Emotion recognition; Eye test; Theory of mind (ToM)

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAST ASIAN; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXCITEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; RECOGNITION; SAD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ASD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION RECOGNITION; EYE-TEST; THEORY OF MIND (TOM);

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84897097569     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.01.037     Document Type: Article

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