Reduced perceptual exclusivity during object and grating rivalry in autism

Journal of Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2015, Pages

  Freyberg, Jan ^a   Robertson, Caroline E ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Bistable perception; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTISM; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949658715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/15.13.11     Document Type: Article

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