Perception of shapes targeting local and global processes in autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 717-724

  Grinter, Emma J ^a   Maybery, Murray T ^a   Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a,c   Badcock, Johanna C ^b   Badcock, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Global processing; Local processing; Radial frequency patterns; Ventral visual pathway

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952068194     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02203.x     Document Type: Article

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