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ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION

Neural bases of atypical emotional face processing in autism: A meta-analysis of fMRI studies

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Pages 291-300 | Received 22 Apr 2014, Accepted 19 Aug 2014, Published online: 29 Sep 2014

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