Dissociation of cognitive and emotional empathy in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders;Dissoziation von kognitiver und affektiver Empathie bei Jugendlichen mit Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen

Kindheit und Entwicklung

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-183

  Poustka, Luise ^a   Rehm, Anna ^a   Holtmann, Martin ^a,b   Bock, Marita ^a   Böhmert, Christoph ^a   Dziobek, Isabel ^c  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Empathy; MET; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954774767     PISSN: 09425403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0942-5403/a000022     Document Type: Article

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