Impairments in social memory in autism? Evidence from behaviour and neuroimaging

Memory in Autism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 188-209

  Webb, Sara Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511490101.012     Document Type: Chapter

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