Visual search targeting either local or global perceptual processes differs as a function of autistic-like traits in the typically developing population

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1272-1286

  Almeida, Renita A ^a   Dickinson, J Edwin ^a   Maybery, Murray T ^a   Badcock, Johanna C ^a,b   Badcock, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Quotient; Embedded Figures Test; Radial frequency patterns; Visual processing; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FREQUENCY SEARCH TASK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VISION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878736479     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1669-7     Document Type: Article

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