Auditory discrimination and auditory sensory behaviours in autism spectrum disorders

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2850-2858

  Jones, Catherine R G ^a   Happé, Francesca ^b   Baird, Gillian ^c   Simonoff, Emily ^b   Marsden, Anita J S ^d   Tregay, Jenifer ^d   Phillips, Rebecca J ^d   Goswami, Usha ^e   Thomson, Jennifer M ^e   Charman, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Autism spectrum disorders; Duration discrimination; Frequency discrimination; Intensity discrimination; Sensory behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 70249096963     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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