Autonomy of lower-level perception from global processing in autism: Evidence from brain activation and functional connectivity

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2105-2111

  Liu, Yanni ^a   Cherkassky, Vladimir L ^a   Minshew, Nancy J ^b   Just, Marcel Adam ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Global; Local

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; COLOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956154208     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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