An early origin for detailed perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Biased sensitivity for high-spatial frequency information

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kéïta, Luc ^a   Guy, Jacalyn ^b,c   Berthiaume, Claude ^d   Mottron, Laurent ^d   Bertone, Armando ^b,c,d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b Perceptual Neuroscience Laboratory for Autism and Development   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904015414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05475     Document Type: Article

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