Eagle-eyed Visual Acuity in Autism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Ashwin, Emma ^a   Ashwin, Chris ^a   Tavassoli, Teresa ^a   Chakrabarti, Bhismadev ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COGNITION; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70350776830     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.05.015     Document Type: Letter

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