Auditory local bias and reduced global interference in autism

Cognition

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 367-372

  Bouvet, Lucie ^a,b   Simard Meilleur, Andrée Anne ^c   Paignon, Adeline ^a,d   Mottron, Laurent ^c   Donnadieu, Sophie ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^b Amiens University Medical Center and Jules Verne University of Picardy   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Autism; Global; Local; Local bias; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HEARING; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896293285     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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