Intact prototype formation but impaired generalization in autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 921-930

  Froehlich, A L ^a,b   Anderson, J S ^a   Bigler, E D ^a,c   Miller, J S ^d   Lange, N T ^e,f   Dubray, M B ^a   Cooperrider, J R ^a   Cariello, A ^a   Nielsen, J A ^a   Lainhart, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Categorization; fMRI; Generalization; Prototype; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84855260185     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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