Do children perceive features of real and cartoon faces in the same way? Evidence from typical development and autism

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-218

  Rosset, Delphine B ^a,b   Santos, Andreia ^a   Da Fonseca, David ^a,b   Poinso, Francois ^b   O'Connor, Kate ^a   Deruelle, Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; Cartoon; Children; Faces; Perceptual discrimination; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARTOONS AS TOPIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951244101     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390902971123     Document Type: Article

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