What you see is what you get: Contextual modulation of face scanning in typical and atypical development

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 538-543

  Elsabbagh, Mayada ^a   Bedford, Rachael ^b   Senju, Atsushi ^a   Charman, Tony ^b   Pickles, Andrew ^c   Johnson, Mark H ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^d   Bolton, Patrick ^d   Chandler, Susie ^d   Fernandes, Janice ^d   Garwood, Holly ^d   Gliga, Teodora ^d   Hudry, Kristelle ^d   Pasco, Greg ^d   Tucker, Leslie ^d   Volein, Agnes ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Eye tracking; Infant; Language development

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOUTH; PATHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOUTH; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 84898775468     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst012     Document Type: Article

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