Children with autism are neither systematic nor optimal foragers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 421-426

  Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a,b   Smith, Alastair D ^c   Cristino, Filipe ^d   Hood, Bruce M ^e   Briscoe, Josie ^e   Gilchrist, Iain D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum conditions; Navigation; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78651063746     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014076108     Document Type: Article

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