Effect of Sensory Feedback on Immediate Object Imitation in Children with Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 673-683

  Ingersoll, Brooke ^a,b   Schreibman, Laura ^a   Tran, Quy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Autism; Imitation; Joint attention; Sensory feedback; Social motivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SENSATION;

EID: 0348048577     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JADD.0000006003.26667.f8     Document Type: Article

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