title: Methodological issues for experiments on autistic individuals' perception and understanding of emotion.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to consider problems that arise in designing and interpreting experimental investigations of autistic children's capacities for perceiving and understanding emotion, and to offer a review of published studies. Attention is drawn to some strengths and limitations of the experimental approach in this domain.
authors.affiliation: Developmental Psychopathology Research Unit, Tavistock Clinic, London, U.K.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hobson
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception; D012107:Research Design; D012919:Social Behavior