Emotion Perception or Social Cognitive Complexity: What Drives Face Processing Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 615-623

  Walsh, Jennifer A ^a   Creighton, Sarah E ^a   Rutherford, M D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Face processing; Facial expression perception; Trustworthiness perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; EMOTION PERCEPTION; FACE PROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COGNITION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955752624     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2606-3     Document Type: Article

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