Perceptual similarity in autism

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1237-1254

  Bott, Lewis ^a,b   Brock, Jon ^a,d   Brockdorff, Noellie ^a,c   Boucher, Jill ^a   Lamberts, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTISM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISION;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745092376     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980543000196     Document Type: Review

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