Social cognition and the superior temporal sulcus: Implications in autism

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 762-770

  Saitovitch, A ^a   Bargiacchi, A ^a,b   Chabane, N ^a,b   Brunelle, F ^a   Samson, Y ^c   Boddaert, N ^a   Zilbovicius, M ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; Social cognition; Social perception; STS

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE TRACKING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PERCEPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECOGNITION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84867489195     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2012.07.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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