Atypical interference effect of action observation in autism spectrum conditions

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 731-740

  Cook, J ^a,b,c   Swapp, D ^d   Pan, X ^d   Bianchi Berthouze, N ^e   Blakemore, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Biological motion; Imitation; Interference; Mirror neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84896477848     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713001335     Document Type: Article

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