Eye gaze triggers visuospatial attentional shift in individuals with autism

Psychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 246-254

  Okada, Takashi ^a   Sato, Wataru ^a   Murai, Toshiya ^a   Kubota, Yasutaka ^b   Toichi, Motomi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism; Gaze; Joint attention; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942443820     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2003.246     Document Type: Article

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