A direct comparison of local-global integration in autism and other developmental disorders: implications for the central coherence hypothesis.

The weak central coherence hypothesis represents one of the current explanatory models in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Several experimental paradigms based on hierarchical figures have been used to test this controversial account. We addressed this hypothesis by testing central coherence in ASD...

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Main Authors: Inês Bernardino, Susana Mouga, Joana Almeida, Marieke van Asselen, Guiomar Oliveira, Miguel Castelo-Branco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3378549?pdf=render