Inadequate cortical feature maps: A neural circuit theory of autism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1138-1147

  Gustafsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Discrimination; Feature maps; Neural networks; Perception; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; THEORY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS;

EID: 0031574293     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00141-8     Document Type: Article

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