How thinking in pictures can explain many characteristic behaviors of autism

2008 IEEE 7th International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 304-309

  Kunda, Maithilee ^a   Goel, Ashok K ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; NEURO-IMAGING; PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

EID: 67650144881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DEVLRN.2008.4640847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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