Use of prosody and information structure in high functioning adults with Autism in relation to language ability

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  DePape, Anne Marie R ^a   Chen, Aoju ^b,c   Hall, Geoffrey B C ^a   Trainor, Laurel J ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^d ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Duration; Information structure; Language ability; Pitch; Prosody

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867135695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00072     Document Type: Article

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