Effects of different attentional cues on responding to joint attention in younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-144

  Presmanes, Alison G ^a   Walden, Tedra A ^a   Stone, Wendy L ^a,b   Yoder, Paul J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Gaze following; Language; Nonverbal communication; Responding to joint attention; Siblings

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT FUNCTION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33846702675     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0338-0     Document Type: Article

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