Spontaneous attention to faces in Asperger syndrome using ecologically valid static stimuli

Autism

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 754-761

  Hanley, Mary ^a   McPhillips, Martin ^a   Mulhern, Gerry ^a   Riby, Deborah M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; eye tracking; face perception; social attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; EYE TRACKING; FACE PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ATTENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887096057     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361312456746     Document Type: Article

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