Slower Rate of binocular rivalry in autism

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 16983-16991

  Robertson, Caroline E ^a,b   Kravitz, Dwight J ^a   Freyberg, Jan ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Baker, Chris I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84886895550     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0448-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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