A psychophysical test of the visual pathway of children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1270-1277

  Sanchez Marin, Francisco J ^a   Padilla Medina, Jose A ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

2AFC; Autistic spectrum; Signal detection theory; Visual detection; Visual pathway

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 48149115219     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0507-9     Document Type: Article

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