Brief report: Faces cause less distraction in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-639

  Riby, Deborah M ^a   Brown, Philippa H ^b   Jones, Nicola ^c   Hanley, Mary ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Face perception; Social attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84859111500     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1266-1     Document Type: Article

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