Atypical development of spontaneous social cognition in autism spectrum disorders

Brain and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-101

  Senju, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Eye gaze; Gaze processing; Imitation; Mimicry; Social cognition; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTISM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GAZE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872404709     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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