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Whitaker, Lydia R.; Simpson, Andrew; Roberson, Debi – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Impairments in recognizing subtle facial expressions, in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), may relate to difficulties in constructing prototypes of these expressions. Eighteen children with predominantly intellectual low-functioning ASD (LFA, IQ <80) and two control groups (mental and chronological age matched), were assessed for…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Nonverbal Communication, Intellectual Disability
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Rosen, Tamara E.; Lerner, Matthew D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Facial emotion recognition (FER) is thought to be a key deficit domain in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the extant literature is based solely on cross-sectional studies; thus, little is known about even short-term intra-individual dynamics of FER in ASD over time. The present study sought to examine trajectories of FER in ASD youth over…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Nonverbal Communication, Emotional Response
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Gross, Thomas F. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
The recognition of facial immaturity and emotional expression by children with autism, language disorders, mental retardation, and non-disabled controls was studied in two experiments. Children identified immaturity and expression in upright and inverted faces. The autism group identified fewer immature faces and expressions than control (Exp. 1 &…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Mental Retardation, Autism, Language Impairments