Brief report: Can you see what is not there? Low-level auditory-visual integration in autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2014-2019

  Van Der Smagt, Maarten J ^a   Van Engeland, Herman ^b   Kemner, Chantal ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Autism; Cross modal integration; High functioning; Illusions; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35349010171     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0346-0     Document Type: Article

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