Automatic Attention Cueing Through Eye Movement in 2-Year-Old Children with Autism

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1108-1122

  Chawarska, Katarzyna ^a   Klin, Ami ^b   Volkmar, Fred ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0141884810     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00595     Document Type: Article

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