Autism and dimensionality: Differences between copying and drawing tasks

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1039-1046

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Copying; Drawing; Perception; Three dimensionality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECORDING; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349565609     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0718-3     Document Type: Article

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