Orientation and affective expression effects on face recognition in Williams syndrome and autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 513-522

  Rose, Fredric E ^a,d   Lincoln, Alan J ^a,b,c   Lai, Zona ^a,e   Ene, Michaela ^a,b,c   Searcy, Yvonne M ^a   Bellugi, Ursula ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Autism Research   (United States)

^d Faculty of Polomar Community College   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Affect; Autism; Emotion; Face processing; Visual discrimination; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 33847624618     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0200-4     Document Type: Article

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