The self in autism: An emerging view from neuroimaging self in autism

Neurocase

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-208

  Uddin, Lucina Q ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Agency; Autism spectrum disorders; Autobiographical memory; Brain development; Default mode network; Personality traits; Perspective taking; Self knowledge; Self recognition; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GENDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LIFE EVENT; LIMBIC CORTEX; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79959297235     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.509320     Document Type: Review

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