Children with spina bifida perceive visual illusions but not multistable figures

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 108-113

  Dennis, Maureen ^a,b   Rogers, Tracey ^a   Barnes, Marcia A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035370927     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(01)80045-2     Document Type: Article

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