Language and Communication Disorders in Autism and Asperger Syndrome

Handbook of the Neuroscience of Language

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 377-386

  Surian, Luca ^a   Siegal, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045352-1.00037-9     Document Type: Chapter

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