Are the autism and positive schizotypy spectra diametrically opposed in local versus global processing?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 968-977

  Russell Smith, Suzanna N ^a   Maybery, Murray T ^a   Bayliss, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Embedded figures; Local global processing; Schizotypy; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; EMBEDDED FIGURES TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 77956063011     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-0945-7     Document Type: Article

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