Top-down and bottom-up visual information processing of non-social stimuli in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-209

  Maekawa, Toshihiko ^a   Tobimatsu, Shozo ^a   Inada, Naoko ^b   Oribe, Naoya ^a   Onitsuka, Toshiaki ^a   Kanba, Shigenobu ^a   Kamio, Yoko ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Bottom up attention; Mismatch negativity; P300; Top down attention; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM; HUMAN; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 77957345145     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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