Social and non-social cueing of visuospatial attention in autism and typical development

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 715-731

  Pruett Jr , John R ^a   Lamacchia, Angela ^a   Hoertel, Sarah ^a   Squire, Emma ^a   McVey, Kelly ^a   Todd, Richard D ^a   Constantino, John N ^a   Petersen, Steven E ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrow; Box; Child; Gaze; Oculomotor; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79956224631     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1090-z     Document Type: Article

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