Drawing ability in autism: A window into the imagination

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 242-253

  Craig, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035237377     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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