Free recall and forgetting of emotionally arousing words in autism spectrum disorder

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2336-2343

  Gaigg, Sebastian B ^a   Bowler, Dermot M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Connectivity; Memory; Psychophysiological modulation of cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER SCALES; WRITING;

EID: 44449102021     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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