Can individuals with autism abstract prototypes of natural faces?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1609-1618

  Gastgeb, Holly Zajac ^a   Wilkinson, Desirée A ^a   Minshew, Nancy J ^a   Strauss, Mark S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Autism; Cognition; Face perception; Prototype

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE TRACKING; FACE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 83055184515     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1190-4     Document Type: Article

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