Assessment of stimulus overselectivity with tactile compound stimuli in children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1514-1524

  Ploog, Bertram O ^a,b   Kim, Nina ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognitive development; Extended testing; Joint attention; Mental age; Overselectivity; Simultaneous discrimination; Tactile stimuli; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TOUCH;

EID: 34547883477     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0244-5     Document Type: Article

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