Psychological correlates of handedness and corpus callosum asymmetry in autism: The left hemisphere dysfunction theory revisited

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1758-1772

  Floris, Dorothea L ^a   Chura, Lindsay R ^a   Holt, Rosemary J ^a   Suckling, John ^b   Bullmore, Edward T ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a   Spencer, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Autism; Broader autism phenotype; Corpus callosum; Handedness; Lateralization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SIBLING; THEORY; TOPOGRAPHY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIBLINGS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84880316472     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1720-8     Document Type: Article

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