Atypical social modulation of imitation in autism spectrum conditions

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1045-1051

  Cook, Jennifer L ^a   Bird, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Imitation; Mirror neuron; Social priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMITATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITION PRIMING; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIRROR NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84863873014     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1341-7     Document Type: Article

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