Regarding "Eagle-Eyed Visual Acuity: An Experimental Investigation of Enhanced Perception in Autism"

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bach, Michael ^a   Dakin, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST; ERROR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; LUMINANCE; OBSERVATION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 70350573408     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.02.035     Document Type: Letter

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