The term autism spectrum disorders (ASD) refers to a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterised by social and communication impairments, as well as restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviour. The thesis contains four studies using magnetoencephalography (MEG) to measure brain responses to auditory stimuli. The aim is to better understand the neural correlates of auditory processing defects in ASD, and determine how such deficits may be associated with spoken language impairment that affect many individuals on the autism spectrum.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. General introduction -- Chapter 2. The relationship between spoken language and speech and nonspeech processing in children with autism : a magnetic event-related field study -- Chapter 3. Case report : auditory brain responses in a nonverbal child with autism spectrum disorder and cerebral palsy -- Chapter 4. The magnetic acoustic change complex : a robust and efficient neural measure of auditory discrimination -- Chapter 5. Auditory discrimination in children with autism spectrum disorder : a magnetic acoustic change complex study -- Chapter 6. General discussion.Notes
On title page: ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders.
Theoretical thesis.
Includes bibliographical referencesAwarding Institution
Macquarie UniversityDegree Type
Thesis PhDDegree
PhD, Macquarie University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Cognitive ScienceDepartment, Centre or School
Department of Cognitive ScienceYear of Award
2014Principal Supervisor
Jon BrockAdditional Supervisor 1
Genevieve McArthurRights
Copyright Shu Hui Yau 2014.
Copyright disclaimer: http://mq.edu.au/library/copyrightLanguage
EnglishExtent
1 online resource (x, 224 pages) graphs, tablesFormer Identifiers
mq:71157
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1271444
