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Brief Report: Face-Specific Recognition Deficits in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Auteurs: Jessica Bradshaw, Frederick Shic, Katarzyna Chawarska

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 10/2011

Abstract

This study used eyetracking to investigate the ability of young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to recognize social (faces) and nonsocial (simple objects and complex block patterns) stimuli using the visual paired comparison (VPC) paradigm. Typically developing (TD) children showed evidence for recognition of faces and simple objects, but not complex block patterns. Children with ASD were successful at recognizing novel objects and block patterns, but showed no evidence for face recognition. These findings suggest that young children with ASD have specific impairments in face recognition, and that they may have advantage over TD controls when processing complex nonsocial stimuli.

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Titel: Brief Report: Face-Specific Recognition Deficits in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Auteurs: Jessica Bradshaw
Frederick Shic
Katarzyna Chawarska
Publicatiedatum: 01-10-2011
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 10/2011
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1150-4

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