Motor representation of actions in children with autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Cossu, Giuseppe ^a   Boria, Sonia ^a   Copioli, Cristiana ^a   Bracceschi, Roberta ^a   Giuberti, Virginia ^b   Santelli, Erica ^b   Gallese, Vittorio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84870939796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044779     Document Type: Article

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