Visual social attention in autism spectrum disorder: Insights from eye tracking studies

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 279-297

  Guillon, Quentin ^a   Hadjikhani, Nouchine ^b,c   Baduel, Sophie ^a   Rogé, Bernadette ^a  

^a Université de Toulouse II Le Mirail   (France)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Eye tracking; Visual social attention

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE TRACKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GAZE; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SOCIAL ATTENTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; APTITUDE TEST; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; OCULOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LURIA-NEBRASKA NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL BATTERY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84898471969     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.03.013     Document Type: Review

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