Perception in autism does not adhere to Weber’s law

Perceptual atypicalities are a widely acknowledged but poorly understood feature of autism. We demonstrate here a striking violation of one of the most adaptive psychophysical computations – Weber’s law – in high-functioning individuals with autism. JNDs based on the best-fitting psychometric functi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bat-Sheva Hadad, Sivan Schwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-03-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/42223