From action to interaction: Exploring the contribution of body motion cues to social understanding in typical development and in autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1140-1150

  Centelles, Laurie ^a   Assaiante, Christine ^a   Etchegoyhen, Katallin ^b   Bouvard, Manuel ^b   Schmitz, Christina ^a,c,d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER CHARLES PERRENS   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LE VINATIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Action representation; Autism; Children; Non verbal communication; Point light display; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84877926915     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1655-0     Document Type: Article

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