Reevaluating the selectivity of face-processing difficulties in children and adolescents with autism

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 342-355

  Ewing, Louise ^a   Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a,b   Rhodes, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum conditions; Development; Face perception; Face processing; Face recognition; Object perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84879495496     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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