Cognitive control of feature bindings: Evidence from children with autistic spectrum disorder

Psychological Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-154

  Zmigrod, Sharon ^a,b   de Sonneville, Leo M J ^a   Colzato, Lorenza S ^a   Swaab, Hanna ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84874115548     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0399-3     Document Type: Article

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