Atypical eye contact in autism: Models, mechanisms and development

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1204-1214

  Senju, Atsushi ^a   Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism spectrum disorders; Development; Eye contact; Gaze; Social brain; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AROUSAL; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENT; EYE CONTACT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 69749083650     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.06.001     Document Type: Review

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