Frontal contributions to face processing differences in autism: Evidence from fMRI of inverted face processing

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 922-932

  Bookheimer, Susan Y ^a,b   Wang, A Ting ^c   Scott, Ashley ^a   Sigman, Marian ^a,b   Dapretto, Mirella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's; Autism; Development; Face inversion; Face processing; Functional MRI

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BODY POSITION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 55349115121     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561770808140X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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