Superior haptic-to-visual shape matching in autism spectrum disorders

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 696-703

  Nakano, Tamami ^a   Kato, Nobumasa ^b   Kitazawa, Shigeru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active touch; Autism; Haptic; Intermodal; Object shape

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTING RESPONSE; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858438735     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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