Beyond perception: Musical representation and on-line processing in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1355-1360

  Heaton, Pamela ^a   Williams, Kerry ^a   Cummins, Omar ^a   Háppe, Francesca G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Local and global processing; Music cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC;

EID: 35148872279     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0283-y     Document Type: Article

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