Young children with autism spectrum disorder use predictive eye movements in action observation

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-378

  Falck Ytter, Terje ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action prediction; Autism spectrum disorders; Eye movements; Forward models; Mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; NEUROLOGY;

EID: 77954107136     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0897     Document Type: Article

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