A model of preverbal social development and its application to social dysfunctions in autism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 338-371

  Berger, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Early social development; Face processing; Neural systems; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AWARENESS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AMYGDALA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33644829269     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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