The relationship between theory of mind and autobiographical memory in high-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 214-216

  Adler, Noga ^a   Nadler, Benny ^a   Eviatar, Zohar ^a   Shamay Tsoory, Simone G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; Autobiographical memory; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING THE MIND IN THE EYES TASK; STRANGE STORIES TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 83955164368     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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