Prototype formation in autism

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 111-124

  Klinger, Laura Grofer ^a   Dawson, Geraldine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035656152     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579401001080     Document Type: Article

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