Resting cortical brain activity and social behavior in higher functioning children with autism
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Psychophysiological measurement of processes related to social behavior may be valuable for research on individual differences and subgroups among children with autism spectrum disorders. The observations indicate that anterior EEG asymmetry may be a marker of motivation and emotion processes that refract the autism taxon into important individual differences in social presentation among higher functioning children.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2005
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Holistic and part-based face recognition in children with autism
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This article examines face recognition among children with autism. The authors, focusing on holistic and part-by-part face recognition, conclude autistic children abnormally focus on the mouth region when processing information from people's faces.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2003
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Inhibitory mechanisms in autism spectrum disorders: typical selective inhibition of location versus facilitated perceptual processing
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This article examines selective attention in autistic children. The authors, employing a negative priming task, conclude color facilitation implicates perceptual processes in autism.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2003
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