Neural basis of self and other representation in autism: An fMRI study of self-face recognition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Uddin, Lucina Q ^a,b   Davies, Mari S ^b   Scott, Ashley A ^c   Zaidel, Eran ^b   Bookheimer, Susan Y ^c   Iacoboni, Marco ^c   Dapretto, Mirella ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 56149122218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003526     Document Type: Article

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