Acquired personality traits of autism following damage to the medial prefrontal cortex

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-29

  Umeda, Satoshi ^a   Mimura, Masaru ^b   Kato, Motoichiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Autism spectrum quotient; Medial prefrontal cortex; Mentalising; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN INJURIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 77950490732     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910902990584     Document Type: Article

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