Social cognition and neural substrates of face perception: Implications for neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 263, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Lazar, Steven M ^a   Evans, David W ^a   Myers, Scott M ^a   Moreno De Luca, Andres ^a   Moore, Gregory J ^a  

^a Geisinger Bucknell Autism and Developmental Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Face processing; FMRI; Quantitative traits; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893556685     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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