Electroencephalogram and heart rate regulation to familiar and unfamiliar people in children with autism spectrum disorders

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1118-1133

  Van Hecke, Amy Vaughan ^a   Lebow, Jocelyn ^b   Bal, Elgiz ^c   Lamb, Damon ^b   Harden, Emily ^b   Kramer, Alexis ^b   Denver, John ^b   Bazhenova, Olga ^b   Porges, Stephen W ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEORECORDING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PARIETAL LOBE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67650578418     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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