Locally oriented perception with intact global processing among adolescents with high-functioning autism: Evidence from multiple paradigms

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 904-913

  Mottron, Laurent ^a,b   Burack, Jacob A ^a,c   Iarocci, Grace ^d   Belleville, Sylvie ^b,e   Enns, James T ^f  

^a Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Autistic disorder; Neuropsychology; Perception; Visuo spatial functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 0041322969     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00174     Document Type: Article

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