Brief report: Pointing cues facilitate word learning in children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 230-235

  Akechi, Hironori ^a,b,c   Kikuchi, Yukiko ^a,b,d   Tojo, Yoshikuni ^d   Osanai, Hiroo ^e   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Musashino Higashi Center for Education and Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Eye tracking; Gaze; Pointing; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAZE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84872333214     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1555-3     Document Type: Article

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