Autistic traits modulate frontostriatal connectivity during processing of rewarding faces

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2010-2016

  Sims, Thomas B ^a   Neufeld, Janina ^a   Johnstone, Tom ^a   Chakrabarti, Bhismadev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Empathy; FMRI; Mimicry; Reward

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AUTISM; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REWARD; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924584820     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu010     Document Type: Article

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