Underconnectivity of the superior temporal sulcus predicts emotion recognition deficits in autism

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1589-1600

  Alaerts, Kaat ^a,b   Woolley, Daniel G ^a   Steyaert, Jean ^a   Di Martino, Adriana ^b   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a   Wenderoth, Nicole ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Emotion recognition; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISM; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; REST; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REST; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927592635     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst156     Document Type: Article

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