The effect of stimulus salience on over-selectivity

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 330-338

  Leader, Geraldine ^a   Loughnane, Ann ^a   McMoreland, Claire ^b   Reed, Phil ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparator mechanism; Extinction; Over selectivity; Stimulus salience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT, VERBAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549107146     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0626-y     Document Type: Article

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