Working memory in autism

Working Memory and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 213-238

  Belleville, Sylvie ^a   Ménard, Édith ^b   Mottron, Laurent ^c   Ménard, Marie Claude ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203013403     Document Type: Chapter

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