Context counts: The impact of social context on gesture rate in verbally fluent adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Gesture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 375-393

  De Marchena, Ashley B ^a,b   Eigsti, Inge Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Gesture; Nonverbal communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954193289     PISSN: 15681475     EISSN: 15699773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/gest.14.3.05mar     Document Type: Article

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