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| ArticleTitle | Neuropsychological aspects of Asperger syndrome |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Yoshitaka Ohigashi1), Yuko Den2), Natsuko Tsuruya1), Makiko Yamada1) |
| Affiliation |
1)Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University 2)Riken, Brain Science Institute, Tokyo |
| Publication | Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 20 (2), 108-124, 2004 |
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| Abstract | We reported a case of Asperger Syndrome who was born in 1944 and examined his clinical and cognitive neuropsychological impairments. He presented 1) right hemisphere damaged-like symptoms, 2) parietal lobe lesion-like symptoms, 3) impairments of representing the mental state of others, 4) particular somatognosic disturbances characterized by the enlargements of definition of the several body parts, and 5) impairments of emotional cognition though expressions and situations. Right Hemisphere Dysfunction Hypothesis, Parietal Lobe Dysfunction Hypothesis, White Matter Transmission Dysfunction Hypothesis and Amygdala-Limbic-Paralimbic Dysfunction Hypothesis were reconsidered. |
| Keywords | asperger syndrome, neuropsychology, cognitive science, righ hemisphere dysfunction hypothesis, amygdala-limbic paralimbic system dysfunction hypothesis |
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