Early-Stage visual processing abnormalities in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (asd)

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-187

  Baruth, Joshua M ^a   Casanova, Manuel F ^a   Sears, Lonnie ^a   Sokhadze, Estate ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; EEG; Event related potentials; Evoked potentials; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 79952331448     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10134-010-0024-9     Document Type: Article

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