Enhanced and impaired sensory discrimination in autism

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1599-

  Dickinson, Abigail ^a   Milne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SENSORY DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84907255152     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00288.2014     Document Type: Letter

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