What are you looking at? Joint attention and visual perspective taking in young children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-73

  Warreyn, Petra ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a   Oelbrandt, Tine ^a   De Groote, Isabel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Joint attention; Preschooler; Visual perspective taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144403444     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-005-2201-1     Document Type: Review

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