David J. Grelottia, Ami J. Klina, Isabel Gauthierb, Pawel Skudlarskic, Donald J. Cohena, John C. Gored, Fred R. Volkmara, Robert T. Schultz RI Activation of the Fusiform Gyrus and ygdala to Cartoon Characters t not to Faces in a boy with Autism Laura Kwon
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David J. Grelottia, Ami J. Klina, Isabel Gauthierb, Pawel Skudlarskic, Donald J. Cohena, John C. Gored, Fred R. Volkmara, Robert T. Schultz
fMRI Activation of the Fusiform Gyrus and Amygdala to Cartoon Characters but not to Faces in a boy with Autism
Laura Kwon
What is Autism?
Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) social impairments deficits in language development stereotypic or repetitive behaviors
Face perception deficit Relates to social impairments
Different way of perceving faces Hypoactivation in the Amygdala and
Fusiform Face Area (FFA)
• Autistic person - Smaller and more densely packed neurons
• Damage in Amygdala - Deficits in emotion perception