Facial identity recognition in the broader autism phenotype

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Wilson, C Ellie ^a   Freeman, Phillipa ^a   Brock, Jon ^a   Burton, A Mike ^b   Palermo, Romina ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; FACE; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77958511724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012876     Document Type: Article

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