The relationship between vocabulary, grammar, and false belief task performance in children with autistic spectrum disorders and children with moderate learning difficulties

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-419

  Fisher, Naomi ^a   Happé, Francesca ^a   Dunn, Judy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorders; Language; Moderate learning difficulties; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCNEMAR TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 17144403301     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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