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Leonard, Hayley C.; Annaz, Dagmara; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette; Johnson, Mark H. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2013
Previous research into face processing in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has revealed atypical biases toward particular facial information during identity recognition. Specifically, a focus on features (or high spatial frequencies [HSFs]) has been reported for both face and nonface processing in ASD. The current study investigated the development…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Spatial Ability, Children
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Jolley, Richard P.; O'Kelly, Rachael; Barlow, Claire M.; Jarrold, Christopher – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2013
The autistic impairments in emotional and social competence, imagination and generating ideas predict qualitative differences in expressive drawings by children with autism beyond that accounted by any general learning difficulties. In a sample of 60 5-19-year-olds, happy and sad drawings were requested from 15 participants with non-savant autism…
Descriptors: Autism, Freehand Drawing, Childrens Art, Developmental Psychology
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Tsao, Raphaele; Fartoukh, Mickael; Barbier, Marie-Laure – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: Although there is growing awareness about the potential for people with Down syndrome (DS) to become literate, we know little about the characteristics of handwriting within this population. Methods: Thirty-three participants took part in this experiment. Eleven adults with DS and 22 typically developing individuals (11 children…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mental Age, Handwriting, Down Syndrome