ERP responses differentiate inverted but not upright face processing in adults with ASD

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 578-587

  Webb, Sara Jane ^a,b   Merkle, Kristen ^b   Murias, Michael ^a,b   Richards, Todd ^a,b   Aylward, Elizabeth ^a,b   Dawson, Geraldine ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Event related potential; Face processing; N170; P100

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863525174     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp002     Document Type: Article

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