Neural correlates of coherent and biological motion perception in autism

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1075-1088

  Koldewyn, Kami ^a   Whitney, David ^a   Rivera, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINESTHESIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 80051929476     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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