Wanting it Too Much: An Inverse Relation Between Social Motivation and Facial Emotion Recognition in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 890-902

  Garman, Heather D ^a   Spaulding, Christine J ^a   Webb, Sara Jane ^b   Mikami, Amori Yee ^c   Morris, James P ^d   Lerner, Matthew D ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Emotion recognition; N170; Social motivation; Social perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANGER; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANGER; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84953391580     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-015-0620-5     Document Type: Article

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