A brief report: Quantifying and correlating social behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1053-1060

  Johnson, Ashley L ^a   Gillis, Jennifer M ^b   Romanczyk, Raymond G ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Eye tracking; Imitation; Joint attention; Social orienting

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859061217     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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