Attention to prosody (intonation) and content in children with autism and in typical children using spoken sentences in a computer game

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 743-758

  Ploog, Bertram O ^a,b   Banerjee, Snigdha ^a   Brooks, Patricia J ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Children; Computer game; Enhanced perceptual functioning; Language; Moderate severe autism; Overselectivity; Prosody; Weak central coherence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 67349283476     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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