Autism and coherence: A computational model

Mind and Language

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 375-392

  O’Loughlin, Claire ^a   Thagard, Paul ^b  

^a Claude McCarthy Fellowship   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

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EID: 0011333443     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0017.00140     Document Type: Article

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