The Neuropsychology of autism;Neuropsychologie des autismus

Zeitschrift fur Neuropsychologie

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-231

  Bölte, Sven ^a   Feineis Matthews, Sabine ^a   Poustka, Fritz ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Central coherence; Executive function; Genetics; Neuropsychology; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043085652     PISSN: 1016264X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1016-264X.12.3.221     Document Type: Article

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