Do local bias and local-to-global interference reflect intact global processing in autism?

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 575-577

  Shalev, Lilach ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; COGNITION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547924844     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290701541316     Document Type: Article

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