Perceptual learning and perceptual search are altered in male university students with higher Autism Quotient scores

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 732-736

  Reed, Phil ^a   Lowe, Caroline ^a   Everett, Rhiannan ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism Quotient; Perceptual learning; Perceptual search

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961208511     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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