Narrative discourse in adults with high-functioning autism or Asperger syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-40

  Colle, Livia ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Wheelwright, Sally ^b   Van Der Lely, Heather K J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults with HFA AS; Anaphoric pronouns; Narrative abilities; Temporal expressions; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NARRATIVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NARRATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 37849045832     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0357-5     Document Type: Article

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