Susceptibility to illusions and performance on visuospatial tasks in individuals with autism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 539-549

  Ropar, D ^a   Mitchell, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Visual illusions; Visuospatial ability; Weak central coherence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ILLUSION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034980345     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002196300100717X     Document Type: Article

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