Lexical effects on speech perception in individuals with "autistic" traits

Cognition

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-162

  Stewart, Mary E ^a   Ota, Mitsuhiko ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism Spectrum Quotient; Identification shift; Speech perception; VOT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VOICE ONSET TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54249126837     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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