Propensity to imitate in autism is not modulated by the model's gaze direction: An eye-tracking study

Autism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 392-399

  Vivanti, Giacomo ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Direct gaze; Eye movements; Eye tracking; Imitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84902809024     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1376     Document Type: Article

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