Perceptual and Neural Response to Affective Tactile Texture Stimulation in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 231-244

  Cascio, Carissa J ^c,d   Moana Filho, Estephan J ^a   Guest, Steve ^a   Nebel, Mary Beth ^e   Weisner, Jonathan ^a   Baranek, Grace T ^b   Essick, Gregory K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Affective; fMRI; Psychophysics; Sensory; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; MALE; PLEASANTNESS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RATING SCALE; ROUGHNESS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEXTURE; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865295256     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1224     Document Type: Article

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