Enhanced visual functioning in autism: An ALE meta-analysis

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1553-1581

  Samson, Fabienne ^a   Mottron, Laurent ^a   Soulières, Isabelle ^a,b   Zeffiro, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced perceptual functioning model; Expertise; FMRI; Hyperlexia; Perception; Plasticity; Reading; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862240511     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21307     Document Type: Article

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