Leonard, Hayley C.; Annaz, Dagmara; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Johnson, Mark H.. 2011. Developing spatial frequency biases for face recognition in autism and Williams syndrome. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 41(7), pp. 968-73. ISSN 1573-3432 [Article]

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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
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event July 2011 Published
Item ID:	7460
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2012 16:25
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2017 10:02
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/7460

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