Unraveling the paradox of the autistic self

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-403

  Lombardo, Michael V ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952103020     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.45     Document Type: Review

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