Selective attention and perceptual load in autism spectrum disorder

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1388-1393

  Remington, Anna ^a   Swettenham, John ^a   Campbell, Ruth ^a   Coleman, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549149994     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02454.x     Document Type: Article

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