Identifying autism from neural representations of social interactions: Neurocognitive markers of autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Just, Marcel Adam ^a   Cherkassky, Vladimir L ^a   Buchweitz, Augusto ^a,c   Keller, Timothy A ^a   Mitchell, Tom M ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN RELATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914703891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113879     Document Type: Article

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