Differences in global and local level information processing in autism: An fMRI investigation

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-121

  Gadgil, Milind ^a   Peterson, Eric ^b   Tregellas, Jason ^a   Hepburn, Susan ^a   Rojas, Donald C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Attention; Autistic disorder; Child developmental disorders; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pervasive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879463692     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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