An aberrant precision account of autism

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Lawson, Rebecca P ^a   Rees, Geraint ^a,b   Friston, Karl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Learning; Perception and action; Precision; Predictive coding; Sensory attenuation; Sensory sensitivity; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MONOAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; VISUAL ILLUSION;

EID: 84901305102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00302     Document Type: Article

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