Moving in and out of synchrony: A concept for a new intervention fostering empathy through interactional movement and dance

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-116

  Behrends, Andrea ^a   Müller, Sybille ^a   Dziobek, Isabel ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Empathy; Imitation; Mirror neuron system; Movement dance intervention; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPATHY; HUMAN; IMITATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; KINESTHESIA; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858316906     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: 18735878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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