Functional brain organization for visual search in ASD

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 990-1003

  Keehn, Brandon ^a,b   Brenner, Laurie ^a   Palmer, Erica ^a   Lincoln, Alan J ^c   Müller, Ralph Axel ^a,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Attention; Autism; fMRI; Response time; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE TRACKING; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 55349126108     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617708081356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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