Associations Between Autism Spectrum Quotient and Integration of Visual Stimuli in 9-year-old Children: Preliminary Evidence of Sex Differences.
Purpose: The dorsal stream vulnerability hypothesis posits that the dorsal stream, responsible for visual motion and visuo-motor processing, may be particularly vulnerable during neurodevelopment. Consistent with this, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been associated with deficits in global motion...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 54; no. 8; pp. 2987 - 2998 |
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Springer Nature
Aug2024
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