The neurobiology of autism: Theoretical applications

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 555-564

  Schroeder, Jessica H ^a   Desrocher, Mary ^a   Bebko, James M ^a   Cappadocia, M Catherine ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Cerebellum; Cerebral cortex; Mirror neuron system; Theory of mind; Weak central coherence

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRIATE CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 77957570409     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.01.004     Document Type: Review

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