Affective and cognitive empathy in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Mazza, Monica ^a   Pino, Maria C ^a   Mariano, Melania ^a   Tempesta, Daniela ^a   Ferrara, Michele ^a   Berardis, Domenico De ^b   Masedu, Francesco ^a   Valenti, Marco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b G Mazzini Hospital   (Italy)

^c Reference Regional Centre for Autism   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Affective empathy; Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD); Cognitive empathy; Experience sharing; Mentalizing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED TOM TASK; AFFECTIVE EMPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE EMPATHY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION ATTRIBUTION TASK; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIFACETED EMPATHY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84933677224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00791     Document Type: Article

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