Fronto-limbic functioning in children and adolescents with and without autism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-62

  Loveland, Katherine A ^a   Bachevalier, Jocelyne ^b   Pearson, Deborah A ^a   Lane, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Frontal cortex; Limbic; Neuropsychology; Reversal learning; Spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 38149032447     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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