Movement interference in autism-spectrum disorder

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1060-1068

  Gowen, E ^a   Stanley, J ^b   Miall, R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Facilitation; Imitation; Mirror neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMITATION; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 39149120277     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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