The effects of face masks on emotional appraisal ability of students with autism spectrum disorder.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the ways in which people are able to communicate effectively. The addition of the face mask as a distracting stimulus interrupts the holistic process that people use to interpret facial expressions. The present study seeks to investigate th...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Developmental Disabilities Vol. 70; no. 8; pp. 1532 - 1541 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2024
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