Gaze and arrow cueing of attention reveals individual differences along the autism spectrum as a function of target context

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-114

  Bayliss, Andrew P ^a   Tipper, Steven P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUTISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMMUNICATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 13844256718     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712604X15626     Document Type: Review

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