Reduced face identity aftereffects in relatives of children with autism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2926-2932

  Fiorentini, Chiara ^a,b,c   Gray, Laura ^d   Rhodes, Gillian ^c   Jeffery, Linda ^c   Pellicano, Elizabeth ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aftereffects; Autism; Endophenotype; Faces

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ENDOPHENOTYPES; FACE; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SIBLINGS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866494266     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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