Veridical mapping in the development of exceptional autistic abilities

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-228

  Mottron, Laurent ^a   Bouvet, Lucie ^c   Bonnel, Anna ^a,b   Samson, Fabienne ^a   Burack, Jacob A ^a,b   Dawson, Michelle ^a   Heaton, Pamela ^d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Asperger; Autism; Connectivity; Enhanced perceptual functioning; Hyperlexia; Perception; Savant syndrome; Synaesthesia; Veridical mapping

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERLEXIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PITCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAVANT SYNDROME; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYNAESTHESIA; VERIDICAL MAPPING;

APTITUDE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 84871889065     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.11.016     Document Type: Review

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