Deficits in the initiation of eye movements in the absence of a visual target in adolescents with high functioning autism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2039-2049

  Goldberg, M C ^a,b   Lasker, A G ^a   Zee, D S ^a   Garth, E ^a   Tien, A ^a   Landa, R J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movements; High functioning autism (HFA); Ocular motor; Saccades

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0036382808     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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