Attentional Skills during the First 6 Months of Age in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1239-1245

  Maestro, Sandra ^a   Muratori, Filippo ^a   Cavallaro, Maria Cristina ^a   Pei, Francesca ^a   Stern, Daniel ^b   Golse, Bernard ^c   Palacio Espasa, Francisco ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Intersubjectivity; Social behaviors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036783318     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200210000-00014     Document Type: Article

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