Interoceptive ability and body awareness in autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 193-200

  Schauder, Kimberly B ^a   Mash, Lisa E ^b   Bryant, Lauren K ^b   Cascio, Carissa J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Body awareness; Heartbeat detection; Interoception; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUTISM; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CUES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84921301749     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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