Gamma abnormalities during perception of illusory figures in autism

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 364-376

  Brown, Caroline ^a   Gruber, Thomas ^b   Boucher, Jill ^c   Rippon, Gina ^d   Brock, Jon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40 Hz; Attention; Autism; Binding; Development; EEG; Gamma EEG; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ILLUSION;

EID: 17644385530     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70273-9     Document Type: Article

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