Perception of mirror symmetry in autism spectrum disorders

Autism

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 622-626

  Falter, Christine M ^a   Bailey, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

autism; Gestalt; symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MIRROR SYMMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863872995     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361311407353     Document Type: Article

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