Face processing in adolescents with autistic disorder: The inversion and composite effects

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-294

  Teunisse, Jan Pieter ^a,c   De Gelder, Beatrice ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Dr Leo Kannerhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Composite effect; Face perception; Inversion effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0043168218     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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