Examining magnocellular processing in autism

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 172-179

  Plaisted, Kate ^a,b   Davis, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

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