Autism: The empathizing-systemizing (E-S) theory

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1156, Issue , 2009, Pages 68-80

  Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Empathy; Systemizing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; COGNITION; EMPATHIZING SYSTEMIZING THEORY; EVALUATION; MIND BLINDNESS THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORY;

EID: 63449099470     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04467.x     Document Type: Article

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