Atypical brain activation patterns during a face-to-face joint attention game in adults with autism spectrum disorder

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2511-2523

  Redcay, Elizabeth ^a   Dodell Feder, David ^b   Mavros, Penelope L ^c   Kleiner, Mario ^d   Pearrow, Mark J ^c   Triantafyllou, Christina ^c,e   Gabrieli, John D ^c,e   Saxe, Rebecca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Medial prefrontal cortex; Social; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT ATTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA;

FMRI; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883790533     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22086     Document Type: Article

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