From acoustics to grammar: Perceiving and interpreting grammatical prosody in adolescents with Asperger Syndrome

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 502-516

  Chevallier, Coralie ^a   Noveck, Ira ^a   Happé, Francesca ^b   Wilson, Deirdre ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asperger Syndrome; Grammar; Language; Prosody

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAMMAR; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 60549116864     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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