Effects of object complexity and type on the gaze behavior of children with pervasive developmental disorder

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-111

  Kemner, C ^a   van der Geest, J N ^b   Verbaten, M N ^c   van Engeland, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Face; Looking behavior; PDD; Stimulus complexity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34548580312     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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