Neural correlates of face and object recognition in young children with autism spectrum disorder, developmental delay, and typical development

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 700-717

  Dawson, Geraldine ^a   Carver, Leslie ^b   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a   Panagiotides, Heracles ^a   McPartland, James ^a   Webb, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECOGNITION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036581690     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00433     Document Type: Review

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