How Magic Changes Our Expectations About Autism

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1487-1493

  Kuhn, Gustav ^a   Kourkoulou, Anastasia ^b   Leekam, Susan R ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allocation of attention; autism; eye movements; social attention; top down modulation; visual illusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGIC; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; CULTURE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGIC; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650032043     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610383435     Document Type: Article

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