Functional alterations in neural substrates of geometric reasoning in adults with high-functioning autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Yamada, Takashi ^a   Ohta, Haruhisa ^a   Watanabe, Hiromi ^a   Kanai, Chieko ^a,b   Tani, Masayuki ^a   Ohno, Taisei ^a   Takayama, Yuko ^a   Iwanami, Akira ^a   Kato, Nobumasa ^a,b   Hashimoto, Ryuichiro ^a,b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GEOMETRIC REASONING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LATERAL OCCIPITOTEMPORAL CORTEX; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURAL SUBSTRATE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAVENS STANDARD PROGRESSIVE MATRICES; THINKING; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84865084145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043220     Document Type: Article

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