Brief report: Developing spatial frequency biases for face recognition in autism and Williams syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 968-973

  Leonard, Hayley C ^a   Annaz, Dagmara ^b   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a   Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Development; Face recognition; Spatial frequency; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPECIALIZATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 79959848772     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1115-7     Document Type: Article

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