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Asperger's syndrome and non-verbal communication: a pilot study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Derek W. Scott
Derek W. Scott*
Affiliation:
Geoffrey Hawkins Unit, St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton
*
1 Address for correspondence: Derek W. Scott, Geoffrey Hawkins Unit, St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton NN1 5DG.
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Synopsis

The study investigated the ability of 10 patients with Asperger's syndrome to recognize and produce non-verbal aspects of facial and spoken (e.g. vocal intonation) communication by use of photographs, audiotape and videotape. It also aimed to establish materials to differentiate individuals with this condition from a comparable non-Asperger group. Asperger subjects tended to be poorer than comparable patients on all subtests.

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Brief Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , August 1985 , pp. 683 - 687
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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