Perception of Human and Nonhuman Facial Age by Developmentally Disabled Children

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-179

  Gross, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Face perception; Facial age

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOG; FACIAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; VISION;

AGING; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036616942     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015445629062     Document Type: Article

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