The perception of social and mechanical causality in young children with ASD

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-280

  Ray, Elizabeth ^a   Schlottmann, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Perceptual causality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 34249077624     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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