Atypical category processing and hemispheric asymmetries in high-functioning children with autism: Revealed through high-density EEG mapping

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1259-1267

  Fiebelkorn, Ian C ^a,b   Foxe, John J ^a   McCourt, Mark E ^b   Dumas, Kristina N ^a   Molholm, Sophie ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism spectrum disorders; Category processing; Electroencephalography; Hemispheric asymmetries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84876741869     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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