Regional EEG alpha power, coherence, and behavioral symptomatology in autism spectrum disorder

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1798-1809

  Mathewson, Karen J ^a   Jetha, Michelle K ^a   Drmic, Irene E ^a   Bryson, Susan E ^c   Goldberg, Joel O ^a,b   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; EEG Alpha frequency; EEG coherence; Perceptual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864416853     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.02.061     Document Type: Article

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