Children with autism demonstrate circumscribed attention during passive viewing of complex social and nonsocial picture arrays

Autism Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-42

  Sasson, Noah J ^a   Turner Brown, Lauren M ^a   Holtzclaw, Tia N ^a   Lam, Kristen S L ^a   Bodfish, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Circumscribed interests; Repetitive behavior; Visual exploration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 65549139332     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.4     Document Type: Article

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