Recognizing faces based on inferred traits in autism spectrum disorders

Autism

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 605-618

  Ramachandran, Rajani ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^a   Ropar, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; face recognition; traits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650326808     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361310372777     Document Type: Article

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