Autism as a neural systems disorder: A theory of frontal-posterior underconnectivity

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews - Tập 36 - Trang 1292-1313 - 2012
Marcel Adam Just1, Timothy A. Keller1, Vicente L. Malave1, Rajesh K. Kana2, Sashank Varma3
1Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging, Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
2Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
3Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

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