Electromagnetic evidence of altered visual processing in autism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3011-3017

  Neumann, Nicola ^a,b   Dubischar Krivec, Anna M ^a   Poustka, Fritz ^c   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,d   Bölte, Sven ^e   Braun, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Embedded figures; Local; Perception; Savant syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051797271     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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