When prototypes are not best: Judgments made by children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1721-1730

  Molesworth, Catherine J ^a   Bowler, Dermot M ^a   Hampton, James A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Categorization; Concepts; Heterogeneity; Prototype

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTYPE EFFECT; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 53949087197     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0557-7     Document Type: Article

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