Directing attention based on incidental learning in children with autism spectrum disorder

Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-169

  Jiang, Yuhong V ^a   Capistrano, Christian G ^a   Esler, Amy N ^a   Swallow, Khena M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Implicit learning; Incidental learning; Spatial attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST;

EID: 84880999924     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031648     Document Type: Article

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