Atypical hemispheric specialization for faces in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 187-198

  Keehn, Brandon ^a   Vogel Farley, Vanessa ^b   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^c   Nelson, Charles A ^b,d,e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; EEG coherence; Endophenotype; Face processing; Gamma; Hemispheric specialization; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECOGNITION;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84928427669     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1438     Document Type: Article

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