Tracking eye movements proves informative for the study of gaze direction detection in autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 723-733

  Riby, Deborah M ^a   Doherty, Martin J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Eye direction detection; Eye tracking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 65349157674     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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