Locomotor activity, object exploration and space preference in children with autism and down syndrome

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-140

  Kawa, Rafał ^a   Pisula, Ewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autism; Locomotor activity; Object exploration; Space preference; Visual stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DOWN SYNDROME; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POLAND;

EID: 77957231970     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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