Auditory-musical processing in autism spectrum disorders: A review of behavioral and brain imaging studies

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1252, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 325-331

  Ouimet, Tia ^a,c   Foster, Nicholas E V ^a,b,c   Tryfon, Ana ^a,b,c   Hyde, Krista L ^a,b,c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory; Autism; Brain; Music; Pitch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THEORY; COGNITION; HEARING; MUSIC; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84860246425     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06453.x     Document Type: Article

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