Representing Inner Worlds: Theory of Mind in Autistic, Deaf, and Normal Hearing Children

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-129

  Peterson, Candida C ^a   Siegal, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346786693     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00119     Document Type: Article

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