From movement kinematics to social cognition: The case of autism

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1693, 2016, Pages

  Cook, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Kinematics; Motor control; Movement; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; KINEMATICS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOVEMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISM; BIOMECHANICS; COGNITION; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COGNITION; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84963553768     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0372     Document Type: Review

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