Attention to eyes and mouth in high-functioning children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-137

  Bar Haim, Yair ^a   Shulman, Cory ^b   Lamy, Dominique ^a   Reuveni, Arnon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Dot probe; Eyes; Face processing; Probe detection

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FACE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOUTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33646013881     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-005-0046-1     Document Type: Article

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