Altered auditory and multisensory temporal processing in autism spectrum disorders

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JANUARFY 2011, 2011, Pages

  Kwakye, Leslie D ^a   Foss Feig, Jennifer H ^b   Cascio, Carissa J ^a,b,c   Stone, Wendy L ^d   Wallace, Mark T ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiovisual; Autism; Cross modal integration; Multisensory; Sensory processing; Temporal binding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIOPATHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 80053579113     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2010.00129     Document Type: Article

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