Recognition of face and non-face stimuli in autistic spectrum disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 550-560

  Arkush, Leo ^a   Smith Collins, Adam P R ^a,b   Fiorentini, Chiara ^c   Skuse, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Face expertise; Face recognition memory; Warrington Recognition Memory Test

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NON FACIAL FEATURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ASD; AUTISM; FACE EXPERTISE; FACE RECOGNITION MEMORY; WARRINGTON RECOGNITION MEMORY TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890807751     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1318     Document Type: Article

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