Expressive prosody in children with autism spectrum conditions

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-53

  Peppe, Susan ^a   Cleland, Joanne ^a   Gibbon, Fiona ^b   O'Hare, Anne ^c   Castilla, Pastora Martínez ^d  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD A DISTANCIA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autism; Intonation; Language; Prosody

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 78049283710     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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