Neural correlates of texture and contour integration in children with autism spectrum disorders

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2140-2150

  Pei, Francesca ^b   Baldassi, Stefano ^b,c   Procida, Giuliano ^c   Igliozzi, Roberta ^a   Tancredi, Raffaella ^a   Muratori, Filippo ^a,d   Cioni, Giovanni ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b Associazione Italiana di Scienze della Visione   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Contours; Middle vision; Texture; VEPs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 67650581700     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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