Prospective examination of visual attention during play in infants at high-risk for autism spectrum disorder: A longitudinal study from 6 to 36 months of age

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 256, Issue , 2013, Pages 441-450

  Sacrey, Lori Ann R ^a   Bryson, Susan E ^b,c   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Disengage; Engage; Infant sibling; Reaching; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; AUTISM OBSERVATION SCALE FOR INFANTS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULLEN SCALES OF EARLY LEARNING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PLAY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; VIDEORECORDING; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALES; VISION; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL DISENGAGEMENT;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DISENGAGE; ENGAGE; INFANT SIBLING; REACHING; VISUAL ATTENTION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884336722     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.08.028     Document Type: Article

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