Second Life virtual world: A heaven for autistic people?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 980-981

  Fusar Poli, P ^a   Cortesi, M ^a   Borgwardt, S ^a   Politi, P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ATTITUDE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 53949110057     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.07.024     Document Type: Letter

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