Scaffolded reaching experiences encourage grasping activity in infants at high risk for autism

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Libertus, Klaus ^a,b   Landa, Rebecca J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Grasping; Infancy; Motor development; Sticky mittens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907940001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01071     Document Type: Article

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