Cognitive versatility in autism cannot be reduced to a deficit

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 578-580

  Mottron, Laurent ^a   Dawson, Michelle ^b   Bertone, Armando ^a   Wang, Lixin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 34547912856     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290701541522     Document Type: Article

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