Pretence, social cognition and self-knowledge in autism

Psychopathology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-52

  Varga, Somogy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autism; Meta representation; Pretence; Shared intentionality; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 77958589128     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000317777     Document Type: Article

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