Frontal cortex functioning in the infant broader autism phenotype

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 482-491

  Holmboe, Karla ^a   Elsabbagh, Mayada ^a   Volein, Agnes ^a   Tucker, Leslie A ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Bolton, Patrick ^c   Charman, Tony ^d   Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Broader autism phenotype; Frontal cortex; Infancy; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIBLINGS;

EID: 78649874899     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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