Impaired Coordination of Brain Activity in Autism Involves Local, as Well as Long-Range, Signaling

Submitted by cgold on January 23, 2013 - 14:15
Source: 
Science Daily
Link: 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130114153422.htm
Date Published: 
January 14, 2013
Abstract: 

MEG study finds diminished long-range and local functional connectivity as individuals with ASD viewed faces. The study challenges the popular assumption that only long-range connectivity is reduced in ASD.