Cognitive perspective-taking during scene perception in autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from eye movements

Autism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-93

  Au Yeung, Sheena K ^a   Kaakinen, Johanna K ^b   Benson, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Eye movements; Information processing; Scene perception; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER'S SYNDROME; AUTISM; EYE MOVEMENTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SCENE PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894314917     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1352     Document Type: Article

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