Symbolic play in congenitally blind children

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 447-465

  Bishop, Martin ^a,b   Hobson, R Peter ^a,b   Lee, Anthony ^a,b  

^a TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PLAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 25844470260     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579405050212     Document Type: Article

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