Brain activity of adolescents with high functioning autism in response to emotional words and facial emoticons.

Studies of social dysfunction in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have generally focused on the perception of emotional words and facial affect. Brain imaging studies have suggested that the fusiform gyrus is associated with both the comprehension of language and face recognition. We hyp...

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Main Authors: Doug Hyun Han, Hee Jeong Yoo, Bung Nyun Kim, William McMahon, Perry F Renshaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3951306?pdf=render