High motion coherence thresholds in children with autism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 255-263

  Milne, Elizabeth ^a   Swettenham, John ^a   Hansen, Peter ^b   Campbell, Ruth ^a   Jeffries, Helen ^a   Plaisted, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Central coherence; Magnocellular pathway; Motion perception; Visual processing.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; KINEMATICS; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0041352976     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00018     Document Type: Article

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