Behavioral and physiological responses to child-directed speech of children with autism spectrum disorders or typical development

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1616-1629

  Watson, Linda R ^a   Roberts, Jane E ^b,c   Baranek, Grace T ^a   Mandulak, Kerry C ^a,d   Dalton, Jennifer C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Child directed speech; Heart rate; Language; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DIRECTED SPEECH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPIRATION; SPEECH;

EID: 84864362100     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1401-z     Document Type: Article

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