Limited attentional bias for faces in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-185

  Chawarska, Katarzyna ^a   Volkmar, Fred ^a   Klin, Ami ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; TODDLER;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 76149089859     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.194     Document Type: Article

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