Neural processing of facial identity and emotion in infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorders

Deficits in face processing and social impairment are core characteristics of autism spectrum disorder. The present work examined 7 month-old infants at high risk for developing autism and typically developing controls at low risk, using a face perception task designed to differentiate between the e...

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Main Authors: Sharon Elizabeth Fox, Jennifer eWagner, Christine L Shrock, Helen Tager Flusberg, Charles A Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00089/full