Mind what mother says: Narrative input and theory of mind in typical children and those on the autism spectrum

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 839-858

  Slaughter, Virginia ^a   Peterson, Candida C ^a   MacKintosh, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NARRATION;

EID: 34248681012     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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