Mirroring effect in 2- and 3-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 474-478

  Katagiri, Masatoshi ^a,b   Inada, Naoko ^b   Kamio, Yoko ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Imitation; Mirroring effect; Social responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 77949570612     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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