Visual preference for social stimuli in individuals with autism or neurodevelopmental disorders: An eye-tracking study

Molecular Autism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Crawford, Hayley ^a,b   Moss, Joanna ^b,c   Oliver, Chris ^b   Elliott, Natasha ^b   Anderson, Giles M ^b,d   McCleery, Joseph P ^b,e  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Cornelia de Lange syndrome; Eye tracking; Fragile X syndrome; Rubinstein Taybi syndrome; Social attention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBINSTEIN SYNDROME; SOCIAL STIMULUS; SPECIAL EDUCATION; STIMULUS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DE LANGE SYNDROME; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RUBINSTEIN-TAYBI SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84962459539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-016-0084-x     Document Type: Article

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