Response to familiar faces, newly familiar faces, and novel faces as assessed by ERPs is intact in adults with autism spectrum disorders

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-117

  Webb, Sara J ^a   Jones, Emily J H ^a   Merkle, Kristen ^e   Murias, Michael ^a   Greenson, Jessica ^a   Richards, Todd ^a   Aylward, Elizabeth ^a,b   Dawson, Geraldine ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Seattle Children's Research Institute   (United States)

^c Autism Speaks Inc   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina Psychiatry Department   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; ERP; Face memory; N170; N250; P100

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AUTISM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RECOGNITION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954384448     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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