CEREBRAL LANGUAGE ORGANIZATION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 这项研究的目的是确定当两个不同的单词同时出现或略有延迟时，当一个人执行识别特定单词的任务时，大脑的哪些部分变得活跃，每只耳朵中一个单词。这一程序将帮助我们了解学习障碍儿童和非学习障碍儿童之间的大脑功能是否存在差异。这项研究涉及一个实验性的磁共振成像(MRI)扫描仪，它是一个巨大的磁铁，作为一个管子连接到计算机上。磁铁以不同的频率产生磁场，计算机能够将返回的电磁波转换成图像。这使我们能够看到大脑对一个人可能执行的许多不同功能的反应，例如看到、记忆或移动身体部分。

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.