Parameters of semantic multisensory integration depend on timing and modality order among people on the autism spectrum: Evidence from event-related potentials

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2131-2141

  Russo, N ^a   Mottron, L ^c,d   Burack, J A ^b,c   Jemel, B ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory; Autism spectrum disorders; Electrophysiology; Perception; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863858129     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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