Brief report: Driving hazard perception in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 504-508

  Sheppard, Elizabeth ^a   Ropar, Danielle ^a   Underwood, Geoffrey ^a   Van Loon, Editha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Autism; Driving hazards; Social processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954458984     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0890-5     Document Type: Article

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