Enhanced visual search for a conjunctive target in autism: A research note

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 777-783

  Plaisted, Kate ^a   O'Riordan, Michelle ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Conjunctive search; Feature search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031820450     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098002613     Document Type: Article

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