What does Williams syndrome reveal about the determinants of Social Behavior?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Järvinen, Anna ^a   Bellugi, Ursula ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate; Oxytocin; Social behavior; Social motivation; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; EMOTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MOTIVATION; MYDRIASIS; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 84933675646     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00321     Document Type: Article

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