Emotion knowledge in children and adolescents with Down syndrome: A new methodological approach

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Channell, Marie Moore ^a,b   Conners, Frances A ^a   Barth, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Emotion knowledge; Emotion recognition; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTION KNOWLEDGE; EMOTION RECOGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COGNITION;

DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTION KNOWLEDGE; EMOTION RECOGNITION; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84907730762     PISSN: 19447515     EISSN: 19447558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-119.5.405     Document Type: Review

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