Specialization of right temporo-parietal junction for mentalizing and its relation to social impairments in autism

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1832-1838

  Lombardo, Michael V ^a   Chakrabarti, Bhismadev ^a,b   Bullmore, Edward T ^c   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; FMRI; Mentalizing; Right temporo parietal junction; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955466085     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.067     Document Type: Article

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