There have been numerous attempts to explain the enigma of autism, but existing
neurocognitive theories often provide merely a refined description of 1 cluster of symptoms …

The underconnectivity theory of autism attributes the disorder to lower anatomical and
functional systems connectivity between frontal and more posterior cortical processing. Here …

Abstract “Weak central coherence” refers to the detail-focused processing style proposed to
characterise autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The original suggestion of a core deficit in …

The brain activation of a group of high-functioning autistic participants was measured using
functional magnetic resonance imaging during the performance of a Tower of London task …

Although the neurobiology of autism has been studied for more than two decades, the
majority of these studies have examined brain structure 10, 20, or more years after the onset …

Three defining clinical symptoms of autism are aberrant reciprocal social interactions,
deficits in social communication, and repetitive behaviors, including motor stereotypies and …

The cortical underconnectivity theory asserts that reduced long-range functional connectivity
might contribute to a neural mechanism for autism. We examined resting-state blood oxygen …

Although motor deficits are common in autism, the neural correlates underlying the
disruption of even basic motor execution are unknown. Motor deficits may be some of the …

Learning, attention, graphomotor, and processing speed scores were analyzed in 149
typical control children and 886 clinical children with normal intelligence. Nonsignificant …

Comprehending high-imagery sentences like The number eight when rotated 90 degrees
looks like a pair of eyeglasses involves the participation and integration of several cortical …