Brief report: Evidence for normative resting-state physiology in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2057-2063

  Nuske, Heather J ^a   Vivanti, Giacomo ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Autonomic nervous system; Baseline; Eye tracking; Pupillometry; Resting state physiology

Indexed keywords

ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPILLOMETRY; RESTING STATE PUPIL SIZE;

AROUSAL; ARTIFACTS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUPIL; REST;

EID: 84906937295     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2068-z     Document Type: Article

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