Emotional responses associated with self-face processing in individuals with autism spectrum disorders: An fMRI study

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-239

  Morita, Tomoyo ^a,b   Kosaka, Hirotaka ^c   Saito, Daisuke N ^b,c   Ishitobi, Makoto ^c   Munesue, Toshio ^d   Itakura, Shoji ^a   Omori, Masao ^e   Okazawa, Hidehiko ^c   Wada, Yuji ^c   Sadato, Norihiro ^b,c,f  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; fMRI; Insular cortex; Posterior cingulate cortex; Self face evaluation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; ETIOLOGY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860319690     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.598945     Document Type: Article

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