Attenuated impression of irony created by the mismatch of verbal and nonverbal cues in patients with autism spectrum disorder.

Perception of irony has been observed to be impaired in adults with autism spectrum disorder. In typically developed adults, the mismatch of verbal and nonverbal emotional cues can be perceived as an expression of irony even in the absence of any further contextual information. In this study, we eva...

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Main Authors: Simon Nuber, Heike Jacob, Benjamin Kreifelts, Anne Martinelli, Dirk Wildgruber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6188779?pdf=render