A systematic review and meta-analysis of eye-tracking studies in children with autism spectrum disorders

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 610-632

  Papagiannopoulou, Eleni A ^a   Chitty, Kate M ^a   Hermens, Daniel F ^a   Hickie, Ian B ^a   Lagopoulos, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ASD; Children; Eye gaze; Face processing; Fixation; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84907416819     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2014.934966     Document Type: Article

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