Timing of social gaze behavior in children with a pervasive developmental disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-210

  Willemsen Swinkels, Sophie H N ^a   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a,b   Weijnen, Florence G ^a   Van Engeland, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pervasive developmental disorder; Social gaze behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAZE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GESTURES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031866008     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026013304241     Document Type: Article

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