How Easy is it to Read the Minds of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1247-1254

  Sheppard, Elizabeth ^a   Pillai, Dhanya ^b   Wong, Genevieve Tze Lynn ^b   Ropar, Danielle ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Emotion; Facial expressions; Mental states; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961215349     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2662-8     Document Type: Article

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