Enhanced mental image mapping in autism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 848-857

  Soulieres I ^a,b   Zeffiro, T A ^a   Girard, M L ^b   Mottron, L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Discrimination; Enhanced perceptual functioning model; Mental rotation; Perception; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954415601     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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