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Understanding the imitation deficit in autism may lead to a more specific model of autism as an empathy disorder

Charman, T; (2002) Understanding the imitation deficit in autism may lead to a more specific model of autism as an empathy disorder. Behavioral and Brain Sciences , 25 (1) 29 - 31. 10.1017/S0140525X0231001X. Green open access

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Abstract

Preston & de Waal are understandably cautious in applying their model to autism. They emphasise multiple cognitive impairments in autism, including prefrontal-executive, cerebellar-attention, and amygdala-emotion recognition deficits. Further empirical examination of imitation ability in autism may reveal deficits in the neural and cognitive basis of perception-action mapping that have a specific relation to the empathic deficit.

Type: Article
Title: Understanding the imitation deficit in autism may lead to a more specific model of autism as an empathy disorder
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X0231001X
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X0231001X
Language: English
Additional information: © 2002 Cambridge University Press
Keywords: As, autism, commentary, DISORDER, Empathy, imitation, May, model, understanding
UCL classification: UCL
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/190241
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