Neural mechanisms of savant calendar calculating in autism: An MEG-study of few single cases

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-164

  Dubischar Krivec, Anna Milena ^a   Bölte, Sven ^b   Braun, Christoph ^a   Poustka, Fritz ^c   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,d   Neumann, Nicola ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Calendar calculation; Magnetoencephalography; Savant syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; CALCULATOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED MAGNETIC FIELD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUTAMEN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SAVANT CALENDAR CALCULATION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84907363011     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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