Intact imitation of emotional facial actions in autism spectrum conditions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3291-3297

  Press, Clare ^a   Richardson, Daniel ^b   Bird, Geoffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum conditions; Imitation; Mirror neuron; Mirror system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77955846444     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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