Looking but not seeing: Atypical visual scanning and recognition of faces in 2 and 4-Year-old children with Autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1663-1672

  Chawarska, Katarzyna ^a   Shic, Frederick ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Face recognition; Face scanning; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FACE; FACIES; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TODDLER; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70450231747     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0803-7     Document Type: Article

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