Patterns of visual sensory and sensorimotor abnormalities in autism vary in relation to history of early language delay

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 980-989

  Takarae, Yukari ^a   Luna, Beatriz ^b   Minshew, Nancy J ^b   Sweeney, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism phenotypes; Autism subtypes; Language development; Population heterogeneity; Visual motion perception; Visual pursuit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 55349132408     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617708081277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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