Theories of autism

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 859-868

  Levy, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Autism; Coherence; Neural connectivity; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPULSION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

AMYGDALA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35048876589     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701634937     Document Type: Review

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