Meanings in motion and faces: Developmental associations between the processing of intention from geometrical animations and gaze detection accuracy

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-118

  Campbell, Ruth ^a   Lawrence, Kate ^b   Mandy, William ^b   Mitra, Cheytna ^a   Jeyakuma, Lalitha ^a   Skuse, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL TASK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 33644847182     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579406060068     Document Type: Article

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