Zoom-out attentional impairment in children with autism spectrum disorder

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1025-1033

  Ronconi, Luca ^a   Gori, Simone ^a,b   Ruffino, Milena ^b   Molteni, Massimo ^b   Facoetti, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attentional scaling; Local processing; Pervasive developmental disorder; Social cognition; Spatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84875812179     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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