Brief Report: Cognitive Processing of Own Emotions in Individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and in Their Relatives
@article{Hill2004BriefRC,
title={Brief Report: Cognitive Processing of Own Emotions in Individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and in Their Relatives},
author={Elisabeth L. Hill and Sylvie Berthoz and Uta Frith},
journal={Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders},
year={2004},
volume={34},
pages={229-235},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:776386}
}The individuals with autism spectrum disorders were significantly more impaired in their emotion processing and were more depressed than those in the control and relative groups.
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