Exceptions and anomalies: An ERP study on context sensitivity in autism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2940-2951

  Pijnacker, Judith ^a   Geurts, Bart ^b   van Lambalgen, Michiel ^c   Buitelaar, Jan ^a,b,d   Hagoort, Peter ^a,e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Context; ERPs; Late positive component; Linguistic processing; N400 effect; Reasoning; Sustained negativity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955281665     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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