Individuals with autism can categorize facial expressions

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 419-437

  Homer, Michelle ^a   Rutherford, M D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Categorical perception; Categorization; Facial expressions; Facial perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CATEGORICAL PERCEPTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORPHING SOFTWARE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 50649087247     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040802291715     Document Type: Article

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