Disengagement of visual attention in infancy is associated with emerging autism in toddlerhood

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 189-194

  Elsabbagh, Mayada ^a,b   Fernandes, Janice ^b   Jane Webb, Sara ^c   Dawson, Geraldine ^d,f   Charman, Tony ^e   Johnson, Mark H ^b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Autism Speaks Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; disengagement; familial risk; infant; prospective study; visual attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AUTISM; DISENGAGEMENT; FAMILIAL RISK; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ATTENTION;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84880042971     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.11.030     Document Type: Article

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