The More He Looked Inside, the More Piglet Wasn't There: Is Autism Really Blessed with Visual Hyperacuity?

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Crewther, David P ^a   Sutherland, Alexandra ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST; EYE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70350567776     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.02.036     Document Type: Letter

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