Theory of mind abilities in young siblings of children with autism

Autism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-187

  Shaked, Michal ^a   Gamliel, Ifat ^a   Yirmiya, Nurit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; Broad phenotype; Cognition; Daily living skills; Language; Siblings; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SIBLING; SKILL; STORYTELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VERBALIZATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING;

EID: 33645284970     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361306062023     Document Type: Article

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