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Thompson, Barbara L.; Stanwood, Gregg D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
The formation and function of the mammalian cerebral cortex relies on the complex interplay of a variety of genetic and environmental factors through protracted periods of gestational and postnatal development. Biogenic amine systems are important neuromodulators, both in the adult nervous system, and during critical epochs of brain development.…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Pathology, Genetics, Anatomy
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Beversdorf, David Q.; Narayanan, Ananth; Hillier, Ashleigh; Hughes, John D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) demonstrate impaired utilization of context, which allows for superior performance on the "false memory" task. We report the application of a simplified parallel distributed processing model of context utilization to the false memory task. For individuals without ASD, experiments support a model…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Memory, Word Recognition, Recall (Psychology)