Comparison of form and motion coherence processing in autistic spectrum disorders and dyslexia

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1201-1210

  Tsermentseli, Stella ^a   O'Brien, Justin M ^a   Spencer, Janine V ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Dyslexia; Form processing; High functioning autism; Motion processing; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48149089824     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0500-3     Document Type: Article

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