A predictive coding perspective on autism spectrum disorders

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  van Boxtel, Jeroen J A ^a   Lu, Hongjing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84874693831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00019     Document Type: Note

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