Enhanced perceptual processing of speech in autism

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-121

  Järvinen Pasley, Anna ^a,e   Wallace, Gregory L ^b,f   Ramus, Franck ^c,d   Happé, Francesca ^b,d   Heaton, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 37249083480     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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