Eye contact does not facilitate detection in children with autism

Cognition

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Senju, Atsushi ^a   Yaguchi, Kiyoshi ^b   Tojo, Yoshikuni ^c   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism; Direct gaze; Eye gaze; Face; Oddball task

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VISION;

EYE CONTACT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041667930     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(03)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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