A temporally sustained implicit theory of mind deficit in autism spectrum disorders

Cognition

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 410-417

  Schneider, Dana ^a   Slaughter, Virginia P ^a   Bayliss, Andrew P ^b   Dux, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Eye movements; Implicit theory of mind; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLICIT MEMORY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY OF MIND;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; EYE-MOVEMENTS; IMPLICIT THEORY OF MIND; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883273903     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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