Getting answers from babies about autism

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-87

  Elsabbagh, Mayada ^a   Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTIONS; FIRST YEAR; GENETIC RISKS; RISK CONTROLS;

ATTENTION; AUTISM; BABY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROSCIENCE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPERAMENT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 74749109797     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2009.12.005     Document Type: Review

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