Visual attention to competing social and object images by preschool children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 584-592

  Sasson, Noah J ^a   Touchstone, Emily W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Circumscribed interests; Eye tracking; Face processing; Restricted interests; Social attention

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84894327400     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1910-z     Document Type: Article

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