Altered face scanning and impaired recognition of biological motion in a 15-month-old infant with autism: REPORT

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Klin, Ami ^a   Jones, Warren ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 37249008166     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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