Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Semantic Processing in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An ERP Study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 795-812

  Coderre, Emily L ^a   Chernenok, Mariya ^a,b   Gordon, Barry ^a,c   Ledoux, Kerry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; ERP; Language; Pictures; Semantic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009288184     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2985-0     Document Type: Article

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