Deficits in adults with autism spectrum disorders when processing multiple objects in dynamic scenes

Autism Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-142

  O'Hearn, Kirsten ^a   Lakusta, Laura ^b   Schroer, Elizabeth ^a   Minshew, Nancy ^a   Luna, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Change detection; Development; Developmental disorder; People perception; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GAZE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COGNITION; VISUAL INFORMATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GOALS; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953763504     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.179     Document Type: Article

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