Impaired disengagement of attention in young children with austism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1115-1122

  Landry, Reginald ^a   Bryson, Susan E ^b,c  

^a Cape Breton Reg Healthcare Complex   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Autistic disorder; Down syndrome; Pervasive developmental disorder; Temperament; Visuo spatial functioning

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; PERIPHERAL VISION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TEMPERAMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4444380937     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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