Global processing during the Müller-Lyer illusion is distinctively affected by the degree of autistic traits in the typical population

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-231

  Chouinard, Philippe A ^a   Noulty, William A ^b   Sperandio, Irene ^a,c   Landry, Oriane ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) questionnaire; Ebbinghaus illusion; M ller Lyer illusion; Ponzo illusion; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; EBBINGHAUS ILLUSION; FEMALE; GLOBAL PROCESSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MULLER LYER ILLUSION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERCEPTION; PONZO ILLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STIMULUS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887503226     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3646-6     Document Type: Article

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