Absence of Preferential Unconscious Processing of Eye Contact in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 590-597

  Akechi, Hironori ^a,b,h   Stein, Timo ^c   Senju, Atsushi ^d   Kikuchi, Yukiko ^a,e   Tojo, Yoshikuni ^e   Osanai, Hiroo ^f   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^g  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Musashino Higashi Center for Education and Research   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Eye contact; Gaze processing; Unconscious processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISM; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933507836     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1397     Document Type: Article

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