Event-related potential studies of cognitive processing abnormalities in autism

Imaging the Brain in Autism

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 61-86

  Sokhadze, Estate M ^a   Baruth, Joshua ^a   Tasman, Allan ^a   Casanova, Manuel F ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; CAUSAL EXPLANATIONS; COGNITIVE PROCESSING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS;

DISEASES;

EID: 84905646820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6843-1_4     Document Type: Chapter

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