Visual perspective taking impairment in children with autistic spectrum disorder

Cognition

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Hamilton, Antonia F de C ^a   Brindley, Rachel ^b   Frith, Uta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Theory of mind; Visual perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL PERSPECTIVE TAKING IMPAIRMENT;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349769174     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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