Specificity of dyspraxia in children with autism

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-171

  MacNeil, Lindsey K ^a   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imitation; Inferior parietal lobe; Motor learning; Premotor cortex; Procedural learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DSM-IV; GESTURE; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE OF SKILLED GESTURES TO COMMAND WITH IMITATION AND TOOL USE; PHYSICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL EXAM FOR SUBTLE SIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; APRAXIAS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863336220     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026955     Document Type: Article

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