Children with autism can track others' beliefs in a competitive game

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-450

  Peterson, Candida C ^a   Slaughter, Virginia ^a   Peterson, James ^a   Premack, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GAME; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84876449891     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12040     Document Type: Article

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