Effect of interactions between a child and a robot on the imitation and praxis performance of typically Devloping children and a child with autism: A preliminary study

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 885-904

  Srinivasan, Sudha M ^a   Lynch, Kathleen A ^a   Bubela, Deborah J ^a   Gifford, Timothy D ^a   Bhat, Anjana N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84884152675     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/15.10.PMS.116.3.885-904     Document Type: Article

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