I'd like to start off with a brief explanation of our experimental paradigm, and a summary of the electroencephalographic work on which our current fMRI study is based. Then I'll explain how we've adapted our paradigm to fMRI, what we've found so far, and where we're going with it.

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`fMRI Evidence for Generalised Arousal as a Substitute for Early Selection in Autism during Conditions of Shifting Visual Spatial Attention', Matthew Belmonte, 10 November 2001