Autism and the Social Brain: The First-Year Puzzle

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 94-99

  Elsabbagh, Mayada ^a   Johnson, Mark H ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain development; Eye tracking; Imaging; Infant; Risk

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; BRAIN; DISEASE COURSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84973127011     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.02.019     Document Type: Review

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