Examining the characteristics of visuospatial information processing in individuals with high-functioning Autism

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-156

  Kumar, Sandhya L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; fMRI; Functional connectivity; Functional underconnectivity; Mindblindness; Visuospatial processing; Weak central coherence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRIATE CORTEX; THEORY OF MIND;

AUTISM; FMRI; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL UNDERCONNECTIVITY; MINDBLINDNESS; VISUOSPATIAL PROCESSING; WEAK CENTRAL COHERENCE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879067931     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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