Evidence for reduced domain-specificity in auditory processing in autism

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 786-793

  Järvinen Pasley, Anna ^a,b   Heaton, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH;

AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; SPEECH;

EID: 35549000157     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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