Strategies for perceiving facial expressions in adults with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1018-1026

  Walsh, Jennifer A ^a   Vida, Mark D ^a   Rutherford, M D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Emotion perception; Face perception; Perceptual strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898608038     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1953-1     Document Type: Article

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