Action perception is intact in autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1849-1857

  Cusack, James P ^a   Williams, Justin H G ^a   Neri, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Enactive mind; Human agency; Inversion effect; Mirror neuron; Simulation theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION;

EID: 84922350650     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4133-13.2015     Document Type: Article

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