Right hemisphere dysfunction and metaphor comprehension in young adults with asperger syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 800-811

  Gold, Rinat ^a   Faust, Miriam ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Hemispheres; Metaphors; Semantic processing; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL FIELD; WORD RECOGNITION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LANGUAGE TEST; LITERATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; METAPHOR; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77956231761     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0930-1     Document Type: Article

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