No evidence for a fundamental visual motion processing deficit in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

Autism Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 347-357

  Jones, Catherine R G ^a   Swettenham, John ^b   Charman, Tony ^c   Marsden, Anita J S ^d   Tregay, Jenifer ^d   Baird, Gillian ^e   Simonoff, Emily ^f   Happé, Francesca ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Biological motion; Form from motion; Mentalizing; Motion coherence; Point light display; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THEORY OF MIND; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80053895280     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.209     Document Type: Article

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