Visual orienting in the early broader autism phenotype: Disengagement and facilitation

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 637-642

  Elsabbagh, Mayada ^a   Volein, Agnes ^a   Holmboe, Karla ^a   Tucker, Leslie ^a   Csibra, Gergely ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Bolton, Patrick ^c   Charman, Tony ^d   Baird, Gillian ^e   Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Disengagement; Gap overlap task; Infancy; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIBLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIBLINGS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67651173784     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02051.x     Document Type: Article

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