Imitation and 'theory of mind' competencies in discrimination of autism from other neurodevelopmental disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 456-468

  Perra, Oliver ^a   Williams, Justin H G ^b   Whiten, Andrew ^c   Fraser, Lesley ^c   Benzie, Helen ^b   Perrett, David I ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autistic Spectrum Disorder; Discriminant function analysis; Imitation; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE;

EID: 45149101808     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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