Investigating Visual–Tactile Interactions over Time and Space in Adults with Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3316-3326

  Poole, Daniel ^a   Gowen, Emma ^a   Warren, Paul A ^a   Poliakoff, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Crossmodal congruency task; Multisensory; Selective attention; Spatial; Temporal; Visual tactile interactions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODULATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOUCH; VISION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84941938302     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2492-8     Document Type: Article

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