A visual illusion refers to a percept that is different in some aspect from the physical stimulus.
Illusions are a powerful non-invasive tool for understanding the neurobiology of vision …

The current study systematically investigated the effects of scoring and categorization
methods on the psychometric properties of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient. Four hundred and …

The broader autism phenotype (BAP) is a term applied to individuals with personality and
cognitive traits that are similar to but milder than those observed in autism spectrum disorder …

Impairments in social interaction and communication, in combination with restricted,
repetitive behaviors and interests, define the neurodevelopmental diagnosis of autism …

People with autism show superior performance to controls on the Embedded Figures Test
(EFT). However, studies examining the relationship between autistic-like traits and EFT …

The aim of this investigation was to explore the degree to which specific subsets of autistic-
like traits relate to performance on the Embedded Figures Test (Witkin et al. in A manual for …

Current research on perceptual organization in schizophrenia frequently employs shapes
with regularly sampled contours (fragmented stimuli), in noise fields composed of similar …

A fundamental task of the cognitive system is to prioritize behaviourally relevant sensory
inputs for processing at the expense of irrelevant inputs. In a study of neurotypical …

People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are hypothesized to have poor high-level
processing but superior low-level processing, causing impaired social recognition, and a …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has long been associated with an inability to experience
wholes without full attention to the constituent parts. A zoom-out attentional dysfunction …