Self-organizing maps as a model of brain mechanisms potentially linked to autism

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-226

  Noriega, Gerardo ^a  

^a RMS Instruments R and D   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Self organizing maps; Sensory abnormalities

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; SENSORY AIDS; CONFORMAL MAPPING;

DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; HYPERSENSITIVITIES AND HYPOSENSITIVITIES; ISOLATED STIMULI; MAP UNFOLDING; PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL SYNDROMES;

NEUROLOGY; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; BRAIN MAPPING; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOMIMETICS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATTENTION FUNCTIONS; AUTISTIC CHILDREN; BRAIN MECHANISMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; FEATURE MAP; LEARNING PROCESS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NEURAL GROWTH; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; SENSORY ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 34250732725     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.897031     Document Type: Article

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