Autism-related language, personality, and cognition in people with absolute pitch: Results of a preliminary study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-167

  Brown, Walter A ^a,d   Cammuso, Karen ^b   Sachs, Henry ^a,b   Winklosky, Brian ^c   Mullane, Julie ^c   Bernier, Raphael ^c   Svenson, Sarah ^c   Arin, Deborah ^c   Rosen Sheidley, Beth ^c   Folstein, Susan E ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bradley Hospital   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Autism; Central coherence; Information processing; Musician; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PERSONALITY; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0345382560     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022987309913     Document Type: Article

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