Atypical processing of auditory temporal complexity in autistics

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 546-555

  Samson, Fabienne ^a,b   Hyde, Krista L ^c   Bertone, Armando ^a,b   Soulières, Isabelle ^a,d   Mendrek, Adrianna ^b   Ahad, Pierre ^c   Mottron, Laurent ^a,b   Zeffiro, Thomas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Enhanced perceptual functioning model; Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PITCH; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND;

EID: 79551503479     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.12.033     Document Type: Article

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