Impairments to visual disengagement in autism spectrum disorder: A review of experimental studies from infancy to adulthood

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 559-577

  Sacrey, Lori Ann R ^a   Armstrong, Vickie L ^c   Bryson, Susan E ^b,c   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Disengagement; Prospective; Review; Visual disengagement; Visual orienting

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; EMOTIONALITY; GAP OVERLAP TASK; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NATURALISTIC TASK; ORIENTATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPATIAL ORIENTING TASK; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISENGAGEMENT IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL EXPLORATION TASK; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; ORIENTATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910073816     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.10.011     Document Type: Review

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