Reflexive orienting in response to eye gaze and an arrow in children with and without autism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-458

  Senju, Atsushi ^a   Tojo, Yoshikumi ^b   Dairoku, Hitoshi ^c   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c MUSASHINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrow; Autism; Eye gaze; Joint attention; Reflexive orienting

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX;

EID: 1642392591     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00236.x     Document Type: Review

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