Atypical categorization in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 862-868

  Church, Barbara ^a   Krauss, Maria S ^a   Lopata, Christopher ^b   Toomey, Jennifer A ^c   Thomeer, Marcus L ^b   Coutinho, Mariana V ^a   Volker, Martin A ^a   Mercado III, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Summit Educational Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 78651247313     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.6.862     Document Type: Article

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