Interrelations among Social-Cognitive Skills in Young Children with Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-106

  Carpenter, Malinda ^a   Pennington, Bruce F ^b   Rogers, Sally J ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Gestural communication; Imitation; Joint attention; Language; Point and gaze following

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; GAZE; GESTURE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GESTURES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036527487     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014836521114     Document Type: Article

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