Atypical development of face and greeble recognition in autism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 838-847

  Suzanne Scherf, K ^a   Behrmann, Marlene ^a   Minshew, Nancy ^b   Luna, Beatriz ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Autism; Child development; Cognition; Configural processing; Expertise; Face recognition; Greebles; Perceptual development; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 48149096740     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01903.x     Document Type: Article

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