Semantic Fields in Low-Functioning Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 563-582

  Boser, Katharina ^a   Higgins, Susannah ^a   Fetherston, Anne ^c   Preissler, Melissa Allen ^b   Gordon, Barry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Cognitive Neurology ^*

Author keywords

Assessment; Categorization; Low functioning autism; Overselectivity; Semantic knowledge; Single word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SPEECH THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038179524     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021207031114     Document Type: Article

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