Object identification and imagination: An alternative to the meta-representational explanation of autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-226

  Woodard, Cooper R ^b   Van Reet, Jennifer ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Imagination; Meta representational theory; Objects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EMOTION; GAZE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INFANT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 78751643966     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1044-5     Document Type: Article

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