Do gaze cues in complex scenes capture and direct the attention of high functioning adolescents with asd? evidence from eye-tracking

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 534-547

  Freeth, M ^a,b   Chapman, P ^a   Ropar, D ^a   Mitchell, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Eye tracking; Gaze following; Social scenes; Time course analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956231204     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0893-2     Document Type: Article

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