Does Joe influence Fred's action? Not if Fred has autism spectrum disorder

Brain Research

Volumn 1248, Issue , 2009, Pages 141-148

  Welsh, Timothy N ^a,b   Ray, Matthew C ^a   Weeks, Daniel J ^c   Dewey, Deborah ^a,d   Elliott, Digby ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Inhibition; Inhibition of return; Mirror neuron system; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NERVE NET; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649220977     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.10.077     Document Type: Article

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