Atypical Face Versus Object Processing and Hemispheric Asymmetries in 10-Month-Old Infants at Risk for Autism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 950-957

  McCleery, Joseph P ^a   Akshoomoff, Natacha ^a   Dobkins, Karen R ^a   Carver, Leslie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; endophenotype; event related potentials; face processing; hemispheric asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTRODE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RISK;

EID: 70350568739     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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