Measuring the Plasticity of Social Approach: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of the PEERS Intervention on EEG Asymmetry in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 316-335

  Van Hecke, Amy Vaughan ^a   Stevens, Sheryl ^a   Carson, Audrey M ^a   Karst, Jeffrey S ^a   Dolan, Bridget ^a   Schohl, Kirsten ^a   McKindles, Ryan J ^b   Remmel, Rheanna ^a   Brockman, Scott ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Asymmetry; Autism; Brain; EEG; Intervention; PEERS; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BRAIN WAVES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84879339523     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1883-y     Document Type: Article

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