Holistic and part-based face recognition in children with autism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-542

  Joseph, Robert M ^a   Tanaka, James ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Face perception; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOUTH; NOSE; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042242585     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00142     Document Type: Article

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