Enhanced attention to detail and hyper-systemizing in autism

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 59-64

  Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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