Preference for geometric patterns early in life as a risk factor for autism

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-109

  Pierce, Karen ^a   Conant, David ^a   Hazin, Roxana ^a   Stoner, Richard ^a   Desmond, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TODDLER;

AGE FACTORS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RISK FACTORS; SACCADES;

EID: 78650924286     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.113     Document Type: Article

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