Far visual acuity is unremarkable in autism: Do we need to focus on crowding?

Autism Research

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 333-341

  Kéïta, Luc ^a   Mottron, Laurent ^a   Bertone, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acuity; Autism; Crowding; Lateral interactions; Neural; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953089841     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.164     Document Type: Article

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