Neurophysiological correlates of relatively enhanced local visual search in autistic adolescents

NeuroImage

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 283-291

  Manjaly, Zina M ^a,b,c   Bruning, Nicole ^a,b,c   Neufang, Susanne ^a,b,c   Stephan, Klaas E ^d   Brieber, Sarah ^a,b,c   Marshall, John C ^e   Kamp Becker, Inge ^f   Remschmidt, Helmut ^f   Herpertz Dahlmann, Beate ^c   Konrad, Kerstin ^a,b,c   Fink, Gereon R ^a,b,g  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Brain Imaging Center West   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Embedded Figures Task; Enhanced perceptual functioning; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Primary visual cortex; Weak central coherence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846909027     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.11.036     Document Type: Article

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