Systems Factorial Technology provides new insights on global-local information processing in autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-72

  Johnson, Shannon A ^a   Blaha, Leslie M ^b   Houpt, Joseph W ^b   Townsend, James T ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Divided attention; Double factorial; Global and local perception; Information processing; Mathematical modeling; Parallel; Parallel interactive processing; Serial; Weak Central Coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949875186     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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