The five basic brain states examined by the study during electroencephalographic recordings in pre-school children. (IMAGE)

National Center of Competence in Research Synapsy

The five basic brain states examined by the study during electroencephalographic recordings in pre-school children.

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Known as microstates, these can be represented by ABCDE brain activity maps, visible at the bottom of the graph. The order in which they appear and the dynamics of state B are affected in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to children of the same age without this diagnosis.

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