Brief Report: Developing Spatial Frequency Biases for Face Recognition in Autism and Williams Syndrome
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Leonard, H, Annaz, D, Karmiloff-Smith, A and Johnson, MH (2011) Brief Report: Developing Spatial Frequency Biases for Face Recognition in Autism and Williams Syndrome Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41 (7). pp. 968-973.
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Abstract
The current study investigated whether contrasting face recognition abilities in autism and Williams syndrome could be explained by different spatial frequency biases over developmental time. Typically-developing children and groups with Williams syndrome and autism were asked to recognise faces in which low, middle and high spatial frequency bands were masked. All three groups demonstrated a gradual specialisation toward the mid-band. However, while the use of high spatial frequencies decreased in control and autism groups over development, the Williams syndrome group did not display a bias toward this band at any point. These data demonstrate that typical outcomes can be achieved through atypical developmental processes, and confirm the importance of cross-syndrome studies in the investigation of developmental disorders.
| Item Type: | Article | |||||||||||||||
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| Subjects : | Psychology | |||||||||||||||
| Divisions : | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences > School of Psychology | |||||||||||||||
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| Date : | July 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Identification Number : | 10.1007/s10803-010-1115-7 | |||||||||||||||
| Copyright Disclaimer : | The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1115-7 | |||||||||||||||
| Depositing User : | Symplectic Elements | |||||||||||||||
| Date Deposited : | 30 Aug 2016 13:49 | |||||||||||||||
| Last Modified : | 31 Oct 2017 18:37 | |||||||||||||||
| URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/811903 |
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