The development of core cognitive skills in Autism: A 3-year prospective study

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1400-1416

  Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 77956608663     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01481.x     Document Type: Article

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