Preferences for visible white sclera in adults, children and autism spectrum disorder children: Implications of the cooperative eye hypothesis

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-39

  Segal, Nancy L ^a   Goetz, Aaron T ^a   Maldonado, Alberto C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum; Eye morphology; Gaze signaling; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938151059     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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