Unimpaired attentional disengagement in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder

Developmental Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1095-1103

  Fischer, Jason ^a   Smith, Hayley ^b   Martinez Pedraza, Frances ^b   Carter, Alice S ^b   Kanwisher, Nancy ^a   Kaldy, Zsuzsa ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 84952332729     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12386     Document Type: Article

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