Brief Report: Postural Reactivity to Fast Visual Motion Differentiates Autistic from Children with Asperger Syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-238

  Gepner, Bruno ^a,c   Mestre, Daniel R ^b  

^a Montperrin Hospital   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AFRTDET   (France)

Author keywords

Asperger; Autism; Postural reactivity; Visual motion; Visuopostural tuning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL MOTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; KINESTHESIA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REFERENCE VALUE; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036616926     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015410015859     Document Type: Article

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