Lack of developmental improvement on a face memory task during adolescence in autism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3955-3960

  O'hearn, Kirsten ^a   Schroer, Elizabeth ^a   Minshew, Nancy ^a   Luna, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Developmental disorders; Frontal; Social cognition; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 78149407651     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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