Brief report: Attenuated emotional suppression of the attentional blink in autism spectrum disorder: Another non-social abnormality?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1211-1217

  Gaigg, Sebastian B ^a   Bowler, Dermot M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Attentional Blink; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Emotional modulation of attention; Emotional processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; ATTENUATION; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349608283     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0719-2     Document Type: Article

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