Atypical lateral connectivity: A neural basis for altered visuospatial processing in autism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 806-811

  Kéta, Luc ^a,b   Mottron, Laurent ^a   Dawson, Michelle ^a   Bertone, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; lateral connectivity; neural hypothesis; spatial perception; vision; visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LATERAL CONNECTIVITY; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053977055     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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