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Peer reviewedHughes, Claire – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
Subjects with autism (n=36) were assigned a simple "reach, grasp, and place" task. Comparison with nonautistic children who had mental retardation and younger normally developing children found that the autistic subjects had problems in executing goal-directed motor acts even in very simple situations, suggesting an independent and marked…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
