Predicting ensuing actions in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 809-819

  Zalla, Tiziana ^a   Labruyère, Nelly ^b,c   Clément, Amélie ^d   Georgieff, Nicolas ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LE VINATIER   (France)

^d Hospice Civil de Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Frontal cortex; Mirror neurons; Scripts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 77951091555     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2096-7     Document Type: Article

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