Altered perspective-dependent brain activation while viewing hands and associated imitation difficulties in individuals with autism spectrum disorder

• Main Authors: Okamoto, Yuko, Kitada, Ryo, Miyahara, Motohide, Kochiyama, Takanori, Naruse, Hiroaki, Sadato, Norihiro, Okazawa, Hidehiko, Kosaka, Hirotaka
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85596; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45195
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear to have a unique awareness of their own body, which may be associated with difficulties of gestural interaction. In typically developing (TD) individuals, the perception of body parts is processed in various brain regions. For instan...