Autism, the superior temporal sulcus and social perception

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 359-366

  Zilbovicius, Monica ^a   Meresse, Isabelle ^a,b   Chabane, Nadia ^c   Brunelle, Francis ^d   Samson, Yves ^b   Boddaert, Nathalie ^a,d  

^a DIF   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33746494621     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2006.06.004     Document Type: Review

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