Reduced gaze aftereffects are related to difficulties categorising gaze direction in children with autism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1504-1509

  Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a,b   Rhodes, Gillian ^b   Calder, Andrew J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aftereffect; Autism; Gaze; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84879145322     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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