Understanding visual consciousness in autism spectrum disorders.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2015 Tal Yatziv, Hilla Jacobson 3 citations
The paper focuses on the question of what the (visual) perceptual differences are between individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and typically developing (TD) individuals. We argue against the view that autistic subjects have a deficiency in the most basic form of perceptual consciousness-namely, phenomenal consciousness. Instead, we maintain, the perceptual atypicality of individuals...