Cross-modal extinction in a boy with severely autistic behaviour and high verbal intelligence

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 635-652

  Bonneh, Yoram S ^a,g   Belmonte, Matthew K ^b   Pei, Francesca ^c   Iversen, Portia E ^d   Kenet, Tal ^e   Akshoomoff, Natacha ^f   Adini, Yael ^g   Simon, Helen J ^h   Moore, Christopher I ⁱ   Houde, John F ^j   Merzenich, Michael M ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Idtalian Association for Vision Science (AISV)   (Italy)

^d Cure Autism Now Foundation   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^h SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Attention; Auditory; Autism; Cross modal; Extinction; Multimodal; Perception; Tactile; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STEREOTYPY; TACTILE STIMULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 50449099151     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290802106415     Document Type: Article

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