Can Gaze Avoidance Explain Why Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome Can't Recognise Emotions From Facial Expressions?
Research has shown that individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have difficulties recognising emotions from facial expressions. Since eye contact is important for accurate emotion recognition, and individuals with ASD tend to avoid eye contact, this tendency for gaze aversion has been propo...
| Published in: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 606 - 619 |
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| Format: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Apr2012
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