Connectivity and the corpus callosum in autism spectrum conditions. Insights from comparison of autism and callosal agenesis

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 189, Issue , 2011, Pages 303-317

  Booth, Rhonda ^a   Wallace, Gregory L ^b   Happé, Francesca ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenesis of the corpus callosum; Asperger's syndrome; Autism spectrum disorder; Callosal agenesis; Central coherence; Connectivity; Corpus callosum; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BOOK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COGNITION;

EID: 79953846144     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53884-0.00031-2     Document Type: Chapter

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