Eye movements reveal no immediate "WOW" ("which one's weird") effect in autism spectrum disorder

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1139-1150

  Benson, Valerie ^a   Castelhano, Monica S ^b   Au Yeung, Sheena K ^a   Rayner, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Complex information processing; Eye movements; Online cognitive processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863492401     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.644305     Document Type: Article

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