Coherent versus component motion perception in autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 941-949

  Vandenbroucke, Myriam W G ^a,b   Steven Scholte, H ^b   Van Engeland, Herman ^a   Lamme, Victor A F ^b,c   Kemner, Chantal ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asperger; Global; Integration; Stimulus rivalry; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 42649123347     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0467-0     Document Type: Article

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