Differential role of temporoparietal junction and medial prefrontal cortex in causal inference in autism: An independent component analysis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 568, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-55

  Murdaugh, Donna L ^a   Nadendla, Kavita D ^a   Kana, Rajesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Independent component analysis; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSAL INFERENCE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEUS; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERCEPTION; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTERIOR SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION; THEORY OF MIND; VIGNETTE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBABILITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897937524     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.03.051     Document Type: Article

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