Brief report: Eye direction detection improves with development in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1184-1186

  Webster, Simon ^a   Potter, Douglas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Development; Gaze perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; GAZE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY;

EID: 49949152608     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0539-9     Document Type: Article

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