An electrophysiological investigation of semantic incongruity processing by people with Asperger's syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-290

  Ring, Howard ^a,c   Sharma, Simeran ^b   Wheelwright, Sally ^c   Barrett, Geoff ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Context; Event related potential; Semantic incongruity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33847225274     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0167-1     Document Type: Article

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