Examining correlates of cooperation in autism: Imitation, joint attention, and understanding intentions

Autism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-163

  Colombi, Costanza ^a,c   Liebal, Kristin ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^b   Young, Gregory ^a   Warneken, Felix ^b   Rogers, Sally J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cooperation; Social development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; COORDINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY;

EID: 62249162939     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361308098514     Document Type: Article

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