Understanding motor acts and motor intentions in Williams syndrome

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1639-1649

  Sparaci, Laura ^a,b,d   Stefanini, Silvia ^a,e   Marotta, Luigi ^b   Vicari, Stefano ^b   Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^e Local Health Unit (AUSL)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor skills; Social cognition; Understanding motor acts; Understanding motor intention; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBJECT RELATION; READING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTENTION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861221996     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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