Journal article
Strategies for Perceiving Facial Expressions in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Abstract
Rutherford and McIntosh (J Autism Dev Disord 37:187–196, 2007) demonstrated that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more tolerant than controls of exaggerated schematic facial expressions, suggesting that they may use an alternative strategy when processing emotional expressions. The current study was designed to test this finding using photographs of real people. In addition, two control tasks were added to eliminate …
Authors
Walsh JA; Vida MD; Rutherford MD
Journal
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 1018–1026
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
May 2014
DOI
10.1007/s10803-013-1953-1
ISSN
0162-3257