Activation of the fusiform gyrus when individuals with autism spectrum disorder view faces

NeuroImage

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1141-1150

  Hadjikhani, Nouchine ^a   Joseph, Robert M ^b   Snyder, Josh ^a   Chabris, Christopher F ^c   Clark, Jill ^a   Steele, Shelly ^b   McGrath, Lauren ^b   Vangel, Mark ^a   Aharon, Itzhak ^a   Feczko, Eric ^a   Harris, Gordon J ^a   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger disorder; Autism; Face perception; Fusiform gyrus; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3042639093     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.03.025     Document Type: Article

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