Social interest and the development of cortical face specialization: What autism teaches us about face processing

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-225

  Grelotti, David J ^a   Gauthier, Isabel ^b   Schultz, Robert T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Asperger syndrome; Autism; Expertise; Face processing; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Fusiform face area; Fusiform gyrus; Modularity; Social interest

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; EMOTION; FACE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036078790     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10028     Document Type: Article

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