Autism: face-processing clues to inheritance

Elizabeth Pellicano

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.004

Autism: face-processing clues to inheritance

Elizabeth Pellicano^*

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Abstract

When reading faces, autistic individuals gain considerably less information from the eyes and more from the mouth. A new study reports that some parents of autistic children use strikingly similar strategies, providing a crucial clue as to what might be inherited in autism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R748-R750
Number of pages	3
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	18
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.004
Publication status	Published - 9 Sep 2008
Externally published	Yes

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