Brief report: Circumscribed attention in young children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-247

  Sasson, Noah J ^e   Elison, Jed T ^a,b   Turner Brown, Lauren M ^a   Dichter, Gabriel S ^a,c,d   Bodfish, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Perseveration; Toddlers; Visual exploration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSEVERATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 78751643967     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1038-3     Document Type: Article

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