The neural underpinnings of prosody in autism

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 600-617

  Eigsti, Inge Marie ^a   Schuh, Jillian ^a,b   Mencl, Einar ^c   Schultz, Robert T ^d   Paul, Rhea ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; fMRI; Language; Prosody; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84867477911     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2011.639757     Document Type: Article

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