Hemispheric function in developmental language disorders and high-level autism

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 473-486

  Shields, Jane ^a,d   Varley, Rosemary ^b   Simpson, Adrian ^b   Broks, Paul ^c  

^a NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Storm House School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0029931756     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12108.x     Document Type: Article

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