Contrasting the Effects of Task Difficulty and Perceptual Load on Auditory Detection Sensitivity in Individuals with Autism.

To test a central assumption of the increased perceptual capacity account in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the effects of perceptual load and target-stimulus degradation on auditory detection sensitivity were contrasted. Fourteen adolescents with ASD and 16 neurotypical controls p...

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Published in:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 762 - 773
Main Authors: Tillmann, Julian, Swettenham, John
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2019
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