Failure in Pantomime Action Execution Correlates with the Severity of Social Behavior Deficits in Children with Autism: A Praxis Study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3085-3097

  Gizzonio, Valentina ^a   Avanzini, Pietro ^a   Campi, Cristina ^a,b   Orivoli, Sonia ^a   Piccolo, Benedetta ^c   Cantalupo, Gaetano ^d   Tassinari, Carlo Alberto ^a,e   Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^a,f   Fabbri Destro, Maddalena ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CNR SPIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children with autism; Florida Apraxia Battery; Imitation; Meaningless gestures; Motor deficits; Pantomime action

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLORIDA APRAXIA BATTERY; GESTURE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PANTOMIME ACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; APRAXIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APRAXIAS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84941936845     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2461-2     Document Type: Article

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