Normal binocular rivalry in autism: Implications for the excitation/inhibition imbalance hypothesis

Vision Research

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-66

  Said, Christopher P ^a   Egan, Ryan D ^b   Minshew, Nancy J ^c   Behrmann, Marlene ^b   Heeger, David J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Binocular rivalry; Computational model; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871540120     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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