How special is social looking in ASD. A review

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 189, Issue , 2011, Pages 209-222

  Falck Ytter, Terje ^a,b   von Hofsten, Claes ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Development; Face scanning; Language

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BOOK; EYE TRACKING; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 79953905176     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53884-0.00026-9     Document Type: Chapter

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