A review of intentional and cognitive control in autism

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Poljac, Edita ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actions; Autism; Behavioral rigidity; Cognitive control; Intentions; Open and closed systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870886039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00436     Document Type: Article

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