Shape constancy in autism: The role of prior knowledge and perspective cues

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 647-653

  Ropar, Danielle ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Perception; Prior knowledge; Shape constancy; Visuo spatial functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042701513     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00053     Document Type: Article

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