Perceptual compensation is correlated with individuals' "autistic" traits: Implications for models of sound change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Yu, Alan C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE CHANGE; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEARING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUND; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUND; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957904033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011950     Document Type: Article

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