Vision in autism spectrum disorders

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2705-2739

  Simmons, David R ^a   Robertson, Ashley E ^a   McKay, Lawrie S ^a   Toal, Erin ^a   McAleer, Phil ^a   Pollick, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorders; Clinical vision

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; EYE TRACKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350323733     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.08.005     Document Type: Review

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