Atypical EEG complexity in autism spectrum conditions: A multiscale entropy analysis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2375-2383

  Catarino, Ana ^a,b   Churches, Owen ^b,c,d   Baron Cohen, Simon ^c   Andrade, Alexandre ^a   Ring, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum conditions; Complexity; Electroencephalography; Face perception; Multiscale entropy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTISCALE ENTROPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 80855148243     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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