Does the perception of moving eyes trigger reflexive visual orienting in autism?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1430, 2003, Pages 325-334

  Swettenham, John ^a   Condie, Samantha ^a   Campbell, Ruth ^a   Milne, Elizabeth ^a   Coleman, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Face processing; Joint attention; Perception; Visual orienting

Indexed keywords

AUTISM;

EID: 0037470426     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1203     Document Type: Article

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