Global/local processing in autism: Not a disability, but a disinclination

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2329-2340

  Koldewyn, Kami ^a   Jiang, Yuhong V ^b   Weigelt, Sarah ^a,c   Kanwisher, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Cognitive development; Global attention; Global local processing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ACUITY CONTRAST TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWANSON NOLAN AND PELHAM QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THE KAUFMAN BRIEF INTELLIGENCE TEST II; VISUAL ACUITY;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84884978273     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1777-z     Document Type: Article

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