QEEG Spectral and Coherence Assessment of Autistic Children in Three Different Experimental Conditions

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 406-424

  Machado, Calixto ^a   Estévez, Mario ^a   Leisman, Gerry ^b,c,d   Melillo, Robert ^b,c   Rodríguez, Rafael ^e   DeFina, Phillip ^f,g   Hernández, Adrián ^a   Pérez Nellar, Jesús ^f,g   Naranjo, Rolando ^a   Chinchilla, Mauricio ^f,g   Garófalo, Nicolás ^a   Vargas, José ^a   Beltrán, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

^b National Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences   (Israel)

^c FR Carrick Institute for Clinical Ergonomics Rehabilitation and Applied Neurosciences (CERAN)   (United States)

^d ORT BRAUDE COLLEGE   (Israel)

^e CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE RESTAURACIÓN NEUROLÓGICA CIREN   (Cuba)

^f International Brain Research Foundation   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL CLINICOQUIRÚRGICO HERMANOS AMEIJEIRAS   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; EEG; QEEG

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BLINKING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BLINKING; BRAIN WAVES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84883896371     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1909-5     Document Type: Article

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