Intact and impaired mechanisms of action understanding in autism

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 841-856

  Vivanti, Giacomo ^a   McCormick, Carolyn ^b   Young, Gregory S ^b   Abucayan, Floridette ^b   Hatt, Naomi ^b   Nadig, Aparna ^c   Ozonoff, Sally ^d   Rogers, Sally J ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Autism; Emotions; Eye tracking; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79955742222     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023105     Document Type: Article

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