Are individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome susceptible to visual illusions?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1283-1293

  Ropar, Danielle ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Illusions; Weak central coherence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032737519     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099004667     Document Type: Article

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