Behavioral aspects of infantile autism: An ethoiogical description

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 96-106

  Pedersen, J ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ethology; Infantile autism; Interpersonal relations comparative study; Nonverbal communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHOLOGY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERKINESIA; INFANTILE AUTISM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; SPEECH DISORDER; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SPEECH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030795972     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00566672     Document Type: Article

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