A lack of left visual field bias when individuals with autism process faces

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1104-1111

  Dundas, Eva M ^a   Best, Catherine A ^a   Minshew, Nancy J ^b   Strauss, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Face processing; Left visual field (LVF) bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEFT VISUAL FIELD; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84863878796     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1354-2     Document Type: Article

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