Functional organization of the action observation network in autism: A graph theory approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Alaerts, Kaat ^a,b   Geerlings, Franca ^a   Herremans, Lynn ^a   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a   Verhoeven, Judith ^c   Sunaert, Stefan ^c   Wenderoth, Nicole ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION OBSERVATION NETWORK; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BEHAVIOR RELATIONSHIP; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DENSITY; EMOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAPH THEORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL TASK; ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POINT LIGHT DISPLAY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; REGION TO REGION FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943328571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137020     Document Type: Article

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