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Brosnan, Mark J.; Scott, Fiona J.; Fox, Simone; Pye, Jackie – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Deficits in autism have been characterised as a bias towards local over global processing. This paper examines whether there is a deficit in gestalt grouping in autism. Method: Twenty-five low-functioning children with autism and 25 controls who were matched for chronological age and verbal mental age took part in the study. Results:…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Control Groups, Cognitive Processes
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Halit, Hanife; Csibra, Gergely; Volein, Agnes; Johnson, Mark H. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Debates about the developmental origins of adult face processing could be directly addressed if a clear infant neural marker could be identified. Previous research with infants remains open to criticism regarding the control stimuli employed. Methods: We recorded ERPs from adults and 3-month-old infants while they watched faces and…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Infants, Research Problems, Adults
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Butterworth, Brian – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Arithmetical skills are essential to the effective exercise of citizenship in a numerate society. How these skills are acquired, or fail to be acquired, is of great importance not only to individual children but to the organisation of formal education and its role in society. Method: The evidence on the normal and abnormal…
Descriptors: Evidence, Neurology, Genetics, Arithmetic