Magnocellular visual evoked potential delay with high autism spectrum quotient yields a neural mechanism for altered perception

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2089-2097

  Sutherland, Alexandra ^a   Crewther, David P ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; autism; psychophysiology; VEPs; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954356233     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq122     Document Type: Article

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