Atypical attentional networks and the emergence of autism

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-183

  Keehn, Brandon ^a,b   Müller, Ralph Axel ^c   Townsend, Jeanne ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alerting; Arousal; Attention; Autism; Development; Disengagement; Executive control; Orienting

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INFANT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORIENTATION;

EID: 84871885320     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.11.014     Document Type: Review

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