CEREBRAL LANGUAGE ORGANIZATION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

该子项目是利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是 中心，不一定是研究者的机构。 这项研究的目的是确定当一个人执行识别特定单词的任务时，当两个不同的单词同时出现或稍微延迟时，大脑的哪些部分变得活跃。这个过程将帮助我们了解是否有学习障碍的儿童和那些谁没有大脑功能的差异。这项研究涉及一个实验性的磁共振成像（MRI）扫描仪，它是一个连接到计算机的大型磁铁。磁铁产生不同频率的磁场，计算机能够将返回的电磁波转化为图像。这使我们能够看到大脑对一个人可能正在执行的许多不同功能的反应，例如看到，记住或移动身体的部分。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The purpose of this study is to determine what parts of the brain become active while a person performs the task of identifying a particular word when two different words are presented simultaneously or with a slight delay, one in each ear. This procedure will help us understand whether there are differences in brain function between children who have learning disability and those who do not. This study involves an experimental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner which is a large magnet built as a tube connected to a computer. The magnet produces magnetic fields at different frequences and the computer is able to translate the returning magnetic waves to pictures. This allows us to see the response of the brain to many different functions a person may be carrying out , such as seeing, remembering or moving parts of the body.