Creativity and imagination in autism and asperger syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-326

  Craig, Jaime ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Creativity; Imagination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032767285     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022163403479     Document Type: Article

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