Visual attention abnormalities in autism: Delayed orienting to location

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 541-550

  Townsend, Jeanne ^a,b,d   Harris, Naomi Singer ^b,c   Courchesne, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Autism and Brain Devmt Research Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cerebellum; Spatial attention; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030276225     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617700001715     Document Type: Article

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