Abnormal attention in autism shown by steady-state visual evoked potentials

Autism

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-285

  Belmonte, Matthew ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; EEG; Spatial attention; Steady state evoked potential; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033870736     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361300004003004     Document Type: Article

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