The Cambridge mindreading face-voice battery for children (CAM-C): Complex emotion recognition in children with and without autism spectrum conditions

Molecular Autism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Golan, Ofer ^a   Sinai Gavrilov, Yana ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum conditions; Complex emotions; Emotion recognition; Empathy; Facial expressions; Prosody; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BOTHERSOMENESS; CAMBRIDGE MINDREADING FACE VOICE BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JEALOUSY; LOVE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COGNITION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84928555690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-015-0018-z     Document Type: Article

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