Pitch memory, labelling and disembedding in autism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-551

  Heaton, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Autism; Disembedding abilities; Music

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE AUTISM; INSTRUMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PITCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MUSIC; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0042133159     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00143     Document Type: Article

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