Hyperlexia in a 4-year-old boy with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Atkin, Keith ^a   Lorch, Marjorie Perlman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Hyperlexia; Reading acquisition; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERLEXIA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WRITING;

EID: 33750203791     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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