Distinctive neural processes during learning in autism

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 937-950

  Schipul, Sarah E ^a   Williams, Diane L ^a,b   Keller, Timothy A ^a   Minshew, Nancy J ^c   Just, Marcel Adam ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; functional connectivity; functional magnetic resonance imaging; learning; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84857141393     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr162     Document Type: Article

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