Susceptibility to distraction in autism spectrum disorder: Probing the integrity of oscillatory Alpha-Band Suppression Mechanisms

Autism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 442-458

  Murphy, Jeremy W ^a,b   Foxe, John J ^a,b   Peters, Joanna B ^a,c   Molholm, Sophie ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; EEG; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; HEARING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84905915113     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1374     Document Type: Article

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