Validity of false belief tasks in blind children

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1471-1484

  Brambring, Michael ^a   Asbrock, Doreen ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative false belief tasks; Autism; Blind children; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 78549281387     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1002-2     Document Type: Article

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