Autism: Reduced connectivity between cortical areas involved in face expression, theory of mind, and the sense of self

Brain

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1382-1393

  Cheng, Wei ^a   Rolls, Edmund T ^b,c   Gu, Huaguang ^d   Zhang, Jie ^a   Feng, Jianfeng ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorder; behavioural neurology; neuropsychiatry imaging social cognition; temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; THALAMUS; THEORY OF MIND; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84929660752     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv051     Document Type: Article

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