Atypical Integration of Motion Signals in Autism Spectrum Conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Robertson, Caroline E ^a,b   Martin, Alex ^b   Baker, Chris I ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUTISM; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MOTION PERCEPTION; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869816030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048173     Document Type: Article

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