Parents of children with asperger syndrome: What is the cognitive phenotype?

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 548-554

  Baron Cohen, Simon ^a   Hammer, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030855007     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1997.9.4.548     Document Type: Article

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