Preserved Imitation of Known Gestures in Children with High-Functioning Autism

It has been suggested that children with autism are particularly deficient at imitating novel gestures or gestures without goals. In the present study, we asked high-functioning autistic children and age-matched typically developing children to imitate several types of gestures that could be either...

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Main Authors: Carmo, Joana C., Rumiati, Raffaella I., Siugzdaite, Roma, Brambilla, Paolo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3767050/