The impact of meaning and dimensionality on copying accuracy in individuals with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1913-1924

  Sheppard, Elizabeth ^a   Ropar, Danielle ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognition; Drawing; Local processing; Perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ART; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 35349014242     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0321-9     Document Type: Article

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