'Autistic' local processing bias also found in children gifted in realistic drawing

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 762-773

  Drake, Jennifer E ^a   Redash, Amanda ^a   Coleman, Katelyn ^a   Haimson, Jennifer ^a   Winner, Ellen ^a,b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Drawing; Giftedness; Perceptual cohesiveness

Indexed keywords

AGE; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ASPERGER SYNDROME TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ART; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISION;

ART; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, GIFTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955911880     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0923-0     Document Type: Article

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