Individual differences in symptom severity and behavior predict neural activation during face processing in adolescents with autism

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-67

  Scherf, K Suzanne ^a   Elbich, Daniel ^a   Minshew, Nancy ^b   Behrmann, Marlene ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Development; Face recognition; fMRI; Fusiform gyrus; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; PERCEPTION; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 84912571254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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