Increased sensitivity to mirror symmetry in autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Perreault, Audrey ^a,b   Gurnsey, Rick ^c   Dawson, Michelle ^b   Mottron, Laurent ^b   Bertone, Armando ^a,b  

^a Perceptual Neuroscience Laboratory for Autism and Development   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIRROR SYMMETRY; NOISE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955783495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019519     Document Type: Article

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