The frequency and distribution of spontaneous attention shifts between social and nonsocial stimuli in autistic, typically developing, and nonautistic developmentally delayed infants

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 747-753

  Swettenham, John ^b   Baron Cohen, S ^c   Cox, A ^a   Baird, G ^a   Drew, A ^a   Charman, T ^c   Rees, L ^c   Wheelwright, S ^c  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Mental handicap; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORIENTATION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ORIENTATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031848289     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098002595     Document Type: Article

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