Specificity of impaired facial identity recognition in children with suspected developmental prosopagnosia

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-45

  Ellie Wilson, C ^a   Palermo, Romina ^b   Schmalzl, Laura ^c   Brock, Jon ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental prosopagnosia; Face processing; Social development; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956120080     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2010.490207     Document Type: Article

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