Increased intra-participant variability in children with autistic spectrum disorders: Evidence from single-trial analysis of evoked EEG

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAR, 2011, Pages

  Milne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha; Autism; EEG; Noise; Perception; Phase locking; Synchrony; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863560796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00051     Document Type: Article

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