Cognitive theories of autism

Developmental Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-260

  Rajendran, Gnanathusharan ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Autistic spectrum disorders; Cognitive theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248181474     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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