Top-down modulation of the perception of other people in schizophrenia and autism

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Cook, Jennifer ^a   Barbalat, Guillaume ^a   Blakemore, Sarah Jayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Expectation; Modulation; Priming; Schizophrenia; Social perception; Top down

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SUPPLEMENTARY EYE FIELD; TOP DOWN MODULATION;

EID: 84864270431     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00175     Document Type: Review

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