Brief report: Eye-movement patterns during an embedded figures test in children with ASD

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-387

  Keehn, Brandon ^a,b   Brenner, Laurie A ^b,c   Ramos, Aurora I ^b   Lincoln, Alan J ^d   Marshall, Sandra P ^b   Müller, Ralph Axel ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Eye fixation; Eye movement; Reaction time; Visual attention; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDED FIGURE TEST; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549090701     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0608-0     Document Type: Article

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