Measuring social attention and motivation in autism spectrum disorder using eye-tracking: Stimulus type matters

Autism Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 620-628

  Chevallier, Coralie ^a,b   Parish Morris, Julia ^a   Mcvey, Alana ^a   Rump, Keiran M ^a   Sasson, Noah J ^d   Herrington, John D ^a,c   Schultz, Robert T ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Eye tracking; Face processing; Methodology; Social attention; Social motivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; BAYES THEOREM; EYE FIXATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84945459628     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1479     Document Type: Article

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