Intuitive psychology and physics among children with autism and typically developing children

Autism

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-193

  Binnie, Lynne ^a   Williams, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Domain specificity; Intuitive physics; Intuitive psychology

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTUITION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037663826     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361303007002005     Document Type: Article

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