Atypical sensory sensitivity as a shared feature between synaesthesia and autism

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Ward, Jamie ^a   Hoadley, Claire ^a   Hughes, James E A ^a   Smith, Paula ^b   Allison, Carrie ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Simner, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014754626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep41155     Document Type: Article

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