fMRI investigation of working memory for faces in autism: visual coding and underconnectivity with frontal areas
Author: Koshino, H.; Kana, R.K.; Keller, T.A.; Cherkassky, V.L.; Minshew, N.J.; Just, M.A. Description: Brain activation and functional connectivity were investigated in high functioning autism using functional magnetic resonance imaging in an n-back working memory task involving photographic face stimuli. The autism group showed reliably lower activation compared with controls in the inferior left prefrontal area (involved in verbal processing and working memory maintenance) and the right posterior temporal area (associated with theory of mind processing). The participants with autism also showed activation in a somewhat different location in the…
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