Autism-specific covariation in perceptual performances: "g" or "p" Factor?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Meilleur, Andrée Anne S ^a   Berthiaume, Claude ^a   Bertone, Armando ^a,b   Mottron, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905903087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103781     Document Type: Article

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