Atypical neural self-representation in autism

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 611-624

  Lombardo, Michael V ^a   Chakrabarti, Bhismadev ^a,b   Bullmore, Edward T ^c   Sadek, Susan A ^a   Pasco, Greg ^a   Wheelwright, Sally J ^a   Suckling, John ^c   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Functional neuroimaging; Mentalizing; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOPATHY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 77249093053     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp306     Document Type: Article

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