Eye movements affirm: Automatic overt gaze and arrow cueing for typical adults and adults with autism spectrum disorder

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-165

  Kuhn, Gustav ^a,b   Benson, Valerie ^c   Fletcher Watson, Sue ^d   Kovshoff, Hanna ^c   McCormick, Cristin A ^c   Kirkby, Julie ^c   Leekam, Sue R ^e  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Eye movements; Gaze cueing; Gaze following; Oculomotor inhibition; Social attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; GAZE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECORDING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX; SACCADES; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950917515     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2019-7     Document Type: Article

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