Personal Space Regulation in Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Gessaroli, Erica ^a,b   Santelli, Erica ^c   di Pellegrino, Giuseppe ^a,d   Frassinetti, Francesca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Centro Autismo   (Italy)

^d Polo Scientifico Didattico di Cesena   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMFORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL SPACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SPACE;

EID: 84884504898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074959     Document Type: Article

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