Involuntary interpretation of social cues is compromised in autism spectrum disorders

Autism Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 192-204

  Jellema, Tjeerd ^a   Lorteije, Jeannette ^b   Van Rijn, Sophie ^c   Van T'Wout, Mascha ^d   De Haan, Edward ^e   Van Engeland, Herman ^f   Kemner, Chantal ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Implied motion; Involuntary processing; Social attention; Social cognition; Visual illusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349328364     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.83     Document Type: Article

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