A model of attentional impairments in autism: First steps toward a computational theory

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 193-204

  Berthouze, Luc ^b   Björne, Petra ^a   Balkenius, Christian ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY COGNITIVE SCIENCE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Computational model

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AUTISTIC CHILDREN; CONTEXT PROCESSING; CONTEXT SENSITIVE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 19044385597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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