Neurobiologically based interventions for autism spectrum disorders-rationale and new directions

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 197-212

  Poustka, Luise ^a   Brandeis, Daniel ^a,b   Hohmann, Sarah ^a   Holtmann, Martin ^a,c   Bölte, Sven ^a,d   Banaschewski, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; intervention; neural plasticity; neurofeedback; novel treatments

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MIRROR NEURON; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; INTERVENTION; NEURAL PLASTICITY; NEUROFEEDBACK; NOVEL TREATMENTS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; NEUROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84892887621     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-139010     Document Type: Article

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