EEG activation differences in the pre-motor cortex and supplementary motor area between normal individuals with high and low traits of autism

Brain Research

Volumn 1342, Issue , 2010, Pages 104-110

  Puzzo, Ignazio ^a   Cooper, Nicholas R ^a   Vetter, Petra ^b   Russo, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EEG; Mirror neuron; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953289788     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.04.060     Document Type: Article

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