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Cerebral-Brainstem Relations in Infantile Autism

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Neurobiological Issues in Autism

Part of the book series: Current Issues in Autism ((CIAM))

Abstract

In infantile autism, many higher mental functions of the cerebrum are grossly abnormal, and yet direct evidence of cerebral damage has proven elusive. I shall attempt to resolve this contradiction by arguing that the functional cerebral deficiencies are secondary to impairments of ascending activation. I first consider ascending activation, then hemisphere function, and finally relations between them.

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Kinsbourne, M. (1987). Cerebral-Brainstem Relations in Infantile Autism. In: Schopler, E., Mesibov, G.B. (eds) Neurobiological Issues in Autism. Current Issues in Autism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1992-2_6

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