Face recognition deficits in autism spectrum disorders are both domain specific and process specific

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Weigelt, Sarah ^a,b   Koldewyn, Kami ^a   Kanwisher, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY DISCRIMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE; FACE RECOGNITION DEFICIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MEMORY TEST; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTION TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTUAL DISCRIMINATION TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901728667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074541     Document Type: Article

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