Intention understanding in autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Boria, Sonia ^a   Fabbri Destro, Maddalena ^a,b   Cattaneo, Luigi ^c   Sparaci, Laura ^a   Sinigaglia, Corrado ^d   Santelli, Erica ^e   Cossu, Giuseppe ^a   Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBJECT MANIPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPREHENSION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 65949122297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005596     Document Type: Article

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