Attention to low- and high-spatial frequencies in categorizing facial identities, emotions and gender in children with autism

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-123

  Deruelle, Christine ^a   Rondan, Cécilie ^b   Salle Collemiche, Xavier ^c   Bastard Rosset, Delphine ^a,c   Da Fonséca, David ^a,c  

^a Mediterranean Institute   (France)

^b Autism Resources Center   (France)

^c Autism Resource Center   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; Emotion; Face perception; Gender; Identity; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38549088046     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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