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ERIC Number: EJ579564
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
Children with Autism Fail To Orient to Naturally Occurring Social Stimuli.
Dawson, Geraldine; Meltzoff, Andrew N.; Osterling, Julie; Rinaldi, Julie; Brown, Emily
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v28 n6 p479-85 Dec 1998
Twenty children with autism were compared to children with Down syndrome (n=19) and typical peers (n=20) in visual orientation to two social and two nonsocial stimuli and in ability to share attention. Children with autism frequently failed to orient to all stimuli, particularly social stimuli, and exhibited attention deficits. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Autism, Children, Downs Syndrome, Interpersonal Competence, Social Cognition, Social Development, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Visual Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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