Valence and Intensity of Emotional Expression in Autistic and Non-Autistic Toddlers.
Purpose: Differences in emotional experience and expression have long been recognized as common in the presentation of autism, yet research examining emotional expression in early childhood is limited, with mixed findings. Understanding emotional reactivity and expression in autism in early life is...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 832 - 843 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2025
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