Visual completion and complexity of visual shape in children with pervasive developmental disorder

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 168-177

  De Wit, Tessa C J ^a   Schlooz, Wim A J M ^b   Hulstijn, Wouter ^c   Van Lier, Rob ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Herlaarhof   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorder; Pervasive developmental disorder; Visual perception; Visuo spatial functioning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34247485343     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-006-0585-9     Document Type: Article

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