It's All in the Eyes: Subcortical and Cortical Activation during Grotesqueness Perception in Autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zürcher, Nicole R ^a   Donnelly, Nick ^b   Rogier, Ophélie ^a   Russo, Britt ^a   Hippolyte, Loyse ^a   Hadwin, Julie ^b   Lemonnier, Eric ^c,d   Hadjikhani, Nouchine ^a,e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre de Ressources Autisme de Bretagne   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACE; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872324859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054313     Document Type: Article

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