Atypical unfamiliar face processing in Williams syndrome: What can it tell us about typical familiarity effects?

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-58

  Riby, Deborah M ^a   Doherty Sneddon, Gwyneth ^a   Bruce, Vicki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 38349194164     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800701779206     Document Type: Article

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