Autistic traits and brain activation during face-to-face conversations in typically developed adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Suda, Masashi ^a   Takei, Yuichi ^a   Aoyama, Yoshiyuki ^a   Narita, Kosuke ^a   Sakurai, Noriko ^a   Fukuda, Masato ^a   Mikuni, Masahiko ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; COMMUNICATION; FACE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957598731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020021     Document Type: Article

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