Increased peak gamma frequency in individuals with higher levels of autistic traits

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1095-1101

  Dickinson, Abigail ^a   Bruyns Haylett, Michael ^b   Jones, Myles ^a   Milne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Electroencephalography; Gamma activity; Individual differences; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISTIC TRAIT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CORTEX; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928091507     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12881     Document Type: Article

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