caa a22 4500 463249933 CHVBK 20180405153337.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10803-006-0277-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10803-006-0277-9 Eye Movement and Visual Search: Are There Elementary Abnormalities in Autism? [Elektronische Daten] [Laurie Brenner, Katherine Turner, Ralph-Axel Müller] Although atypical eye gaze is commonly observed in autism, little is known about underlying oculomotor abnormalities. Our review of visual search and oculomotor systems in the healthy brain suggests that relevant networks may be partially impaired in autism, given regional abnormalities known from neuroimaging. However, direct oculomotor evidence for autism remains limited. This gap is critical since oculomotor abnormalities might play a causal role in functions known to be impaired in autism, such as imitation and joint attention. We integrate our oculomotor review into a developmental approach to language impairment related to nonverbal prerequisites. Oculomotor abnormalities may play a role as a sensorimotor defect at the root of impairments in later developing functional systems, ultimately resulting in sociocommunicative deficits. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2006 Autism nationallicence Eye movement nationallicence Visual search nationallicence Joint attention nationallicence Language nationallicence Brenner Laurie Brain Development Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Ct. #225E, MC1863, 92120, San Diego, CA, USA aut Turner Katherine Brain Development Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Ct. #225E, MC1863, 92120, San Diego, CA, USA aut Müller Ralph-Axel Brain Development Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Ct. #225E, MC1863, 92120, San Diego, CA, USA aut Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/7(2007-08-01), 1289-1309 0162-3257 37:7<1289 2007 37 10803 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0277-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0277-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brenner Laurie Brain Development Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Ct. #225E, MC1863, 92120, San Diego, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Turner Katherine Brain Development Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Ct. #225E, MC1863, 92120, San Diego, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Müller Ralph-Axel Brain Development Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Ct. #225E, MC1863, 92120, San Diego, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/7(2007-08-01), 1289-1309 0162-3257 37:7<1289 2007 37 10803 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer