Adults with autism spectrum conditions experience increased levels of anomalous perception

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Milne, Elizabeth ^a   Dickinson, Abigail ^a   Smith, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIFF ANOMALOUS PERCEPTION SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019394555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177804     Document Type: Article

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