A substantial and unexpected enhancement of motion perception in autism

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 8243-8249

  Foss Feig, Jennifer H ^a   Tadin, Duje ^b   Schauder, Kimberly B ^c   Cascio, Carissa J ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84877285960     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1608-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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