Broca’s Area Asymmetry and Language Deficits in Autism

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-12-2

Broca’s Area Asymmetry and Language Deficits in Autism

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 18 (2004): Issue 12

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Dec 2004

Abstract

The asymmetry of frontal language cortex in boys with autism, previously reported, was investigated further in a sample of 22 boys with autism compared to 9 boys with specific language impairment (SLI) and 11 normal controls, in a study at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-12-2 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 90 - 91

Published on: Dec 1, 2004

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Broca’s Area Asymmetry,

Specific Language Impairment,

Posterior Superior Temporal Cortex

© 2004 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 18 (2004): Issue 12