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Възприятие на емоционална лицева експресия при деца със синдром на хиперактивност и дефицит на вниманието
Perception of emotional face expression in children with ADHD

Author(s): Evelina Bogdanova
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Институт за изследване на населението и човека - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: recognizing facial expression of emotion; perception of affective stimuli; attention hyperactivity deficit disorder; children with ADHD.

Summary/Abstract: A short surrey on studies that investigate the ability to precisely decode emotional facial expression in children with ADHD is presented. They focus on the relationship between manifested deficits in emotional competence (especially in nonverbal communication connected to perception) and problems in social skills characteristic of the syndrome. Two theoretical models are presented: they search to explain the role which affective stimuli perception.

  • Issue Year: 18/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-82
  • Page Count: 10
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