Neural correlates of eye-gaze detection in young children with autism

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 342-353

  Grice, Sarah J ^a   Halit, Hanife ^a   Farroni, Teresa ^a,d   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Bolton, Patrick ^c   Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Autistic spectrum disorder; Developmental disorder; ERP; Eye gaze; Face perception; HD ERP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 17644414473     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70271-5     Document Type: Article

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