Using assistive technology to teach emotion recognition to students with Asperger syndrome a pilot study

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-181

  LaCava, Paul G ^a   Golan, Ofer ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^c,d   Myles, Brenda Smith ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Austism Research Centre

^e Ohio Centre for Austism and Low Incidence Disabilities   (United States)

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EID: 34250890801     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/07419325070280030601     Document Type: Review

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