Joint attention development in toddlers with autism

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-152

  Naber, Fabiënne B A ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Dietz, Claudine ^b   Van Daalen, Emma ^b   Swinkels, Sophie H N ^c   Buitelaar, Jan K ^c   Van Engeland, Herman ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental trajectory; Joint attention; PDD; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN; JOINT ATTENTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; TODDLER; VISION;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 43149087335     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-007-0648-6     Document Type: Article

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