An fMRI study of reduced perceptual load-dependent modulation of task-irrelevant activity in adults with autism spectrum conditions

NeuroImage

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1176-1187

  Ohta, Haruhisa ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Watanabe, Hiromi ^a   Kanai, Chieko ^a,b   Tanaka, Eizaburo ^a,c   Ohno, Taisei ^a   Takayama, Yuko ^a   Iwanami, Akira ^a   Kato, Nobumasa ^a,b   Hashimoto, Ryu ichiro ^a,b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRACTIBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84861334439     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.042     Document Type: Article

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