Do children with autism 'switch off' to speech sounds? An investigation using event-related potentials.

Autism is a disorder characterized by a core impairment in social behaviour. A prominent component of this social deficit is poor orienting to speech. It is unclear whether this deficit involves an impairment in allocating attention to speech sounds, or a sensory impairment in processing phonetic in...

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Main Authors: Whitehouse, A, Bishop, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008