Measuring executive function in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders: What is ecologically valid?

Researching the Autism Spectrum: Contemporary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 347-363

  Humphrey, Ayla ^a   Golan, Ofer ^b   Wilson, Barbara A ^c   Sopena, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84886784839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511973918.014     Document Type: Chapter

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