Object-based attention benefits reveal selective abnormalities of visual integration in autism

Autism Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 128-136

  Falter, Christine M ^a   Grant, Kate C Plaisted ^b   Davis, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Gestalt; Grouping; Top down

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COLOR VISION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955629662     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.134     Document Type: Article

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