Neural bases of gaze and emotion processing in children with autism spectrum disorders

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Davies, Mari S ^a   Dapretto, Mirella ^a,b,c   Sigman, Marian ^a,c   Sepeta, Leigh ^a   Bookheimer, Susan Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental neuroimaging; Facial expression; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gaze

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GAZE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE POTENTIAL; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS;

EID: 84863940812     PISSN: 21623279     EISSN: 21579032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.6     Document Type: Article

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