Can spectro-temporal complexity explain the autistic pattern of performance on auditory tasks?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-76

  Samson, Fabienne ^a   Mottron, Laurent ^a   Jemel, Boutheina ^a   Belin, Pascal ^a,b   Ciocca, Valter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Audition; Autism; Complexity; Global; Local; Perception

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUTISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646013266     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-005-0043-4     Document Type: Review

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