Enhanced pure-tone pitch discrimination among persons with autism but not Asperger syndrome

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2465-2475

  Bonnel, Anna ^a,b,c   McAdams, Stephen ^d   Smith, Bennett ^d   Berthiaume, Claude ^c   Bertone, Armando ^a,b,c   Ciocca, Valter ^e   Burack, Jacob A ^a,b,c   Mottron, Laurent ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Autism spectrum disorders; Enhanced perceptual functioning model; Loudness; Pitch; Timbre

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; PITCH; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; HEARING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954459596     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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