Attribution of mechanical and social causality to animated displays by children with autism

Autism

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-171

  Bowler, Dermot M ^a   Thommen, Evelyne ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animation; Autism; Causality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0034110551     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361300004002004     Document Type: Article

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