Face individual identity recognition: a potential endophenotype in autism
Abstract
Face individual identity recognition skill is heritable and independent of intellectual ability. Difficulties in face individual identity recognition are present in autistic individuals and their family members and are possibly linked to oxytocin polymorphisms in families with an autistic child. While it is reported that developmental prosopagnosia (i.e., impaired face identity recognition) occurs in 2–3% of the general population, no prosopagnosia prevalence estimate is available for autism. Furthermore, an autism within-group approach has not been reported towards characterizing impaired face memory and to investigate its possible links to social and communication difficulties.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 21, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1186/s13229-020-00371-0
Entities
People
- Alvaro Pascual-Leone
- Giuseppina Porciello
- Ilaria Minio-Paluello
- Simon Baron-cohen
Organizations
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Harvard Catalyst
- Innovative Medicines Initiative
- Medical Research Council
- Ministry of Health of Italy
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation
- Sidney R Baer Jr Foundation
- Wellcome Trust