Impaired fixation to eyes following amygdala damage arises from abnormal bottom-up attention

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3392-3398

  Kennedy, Daniel P ^a   Adolphs, Ralph ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Bottom up; Eye contact; Eye tracking; Gaze contingent; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GAZE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIGHT; MENTAL DISEASE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN INJURIES; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77957324652     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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